We're talking to Dr. Kyle Berquist, founder of Healing Our Hero's, co-founder of Serving Impact, author, and filmmaker. Kyle is passionate about helping change the conversation around veteran suicide rates with Healing our Hero's and helping people understand imposter syndrome and how that affects our everyday lives. In this episode we're talking a…

We're so excited to welcome Jon Macaskill back to the My New Normal Podcast! Jon is a proud husband and father of 2, he's a 23 Navy Veteran and SEAL team officer since 2003. Jon will be retiring in August to spend time with his wife and kids and tour the country in their RV! Jon is currently collaborating with Veteran's Path, an organization that p…

Please welcome the first female executive at Hylete and Graced by Grit founder, Kate Nowlan, to episode 5 of My New Normal! Kate is a business owner, a published author, athlete, coach, and Vice President of Brand Experience at one of the most recognizable athletic apparel companies in the US. Kate's here to talk about what's in the works for HYLET…

Heidi Armstrong is here to talk to us about how she helps athletes overcome the mental fallout of a serious injury. Heidi found her way to the adaptive community after she suffered a competitive mountain biking injury. After the injury and many surgeries, she found herself angry, insufferable at times, and miserable with her new life. Luckily Heidi…

We're so excited to have Sharon Moscowitz, Manager of Mass Participation programs at the USA Rugby National Office. Sharon works to get grass-roots rugby programs up and running and driving growth of non-contact, youth and partner-supported rugby throughout the US by focusing on removing barriers to play. In addition, she's a Strength and Condition…

Meet Ray Fernandez: Black Belt, CrossFit Seminar Staff for Adaptive and Injured Athletes, certified Level II CrossFit coach, CrossFit Kids instructor, USAW Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and Co-Owner of CrossFit 1904. Ray attributes his current path to his work at a nursing home, where he worked his way up from a dishwasher to a line cook. But at…

Welcome to season 2 of My New Normal! We've got our own "new normal" with new hosts, Dr. Megan Graff and Piikea, who both work with our Adaptive Athletes. In this episode, we're interviewing Dr. T and getting updates on her new projects, life, and all things adaptive. In this episode you'll learn: The theme of this season "No Human Left Behind" An …

US Army retired Major General Malcolm Frost has been supporting the physical fitness of soldiers because of his relationship with Pain. As a Westpoint cadet, General Frost suffered a couple of injuries by playing collegiate soccer and it has changed how he sees physical fitness. Retired Major General Malcolm Frost led all initial military training …

When you start working out at age 13 and started CrossFit at 23, what would you do? Anders Varner chose to work with adaptive individuals, start a gym of his own and use his voice as a guiding light for individuals to have inspiration. Anders is the host of the Barbell Shrugged Podcast and the Director of Media for the Shrugged Collective. Previous…

Joe De Sena - Founder and CEO of Spartan, The world's largets obstacle race and endurance brand. With more than one million annual global participants at more than 200 events across more than 30 countries, Spartan offers heats for all fitness levels and ages, from beginner to elite and kids as young as four-years-old. The brand has trandformed more…

Danny Matta is a former Army where he worked as a physical therapist for seven years. He then decided to take his talents to private practice and decided to open a cash-based physical therapy practice in the corner of a CrossFit gym called Athletes’ Potential. Danny is the host of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast. Prior to physical therapy, Danny has be…

Alyce Fernebok is a former Marine Corps Officer from San Diego, California. Alyce started the Love, Harvey movement, a letter writing campaign, which started with her father writing a letter to show gratitude to a family member. We talked about some of these Topics: Alyce's experience as a woman on the Marine Corps Role of women in the battlefield …

Mark Browne is an adaptive athlete, playing Wheelchair Rugby for the San Diego team. Prior to being adaptive, Mark is a member of the border patrol in Arizona when a horrifying accident left him injured and losing blood. He was life flighted because of the severity of the situation Mark was in and according to the rescuers, it was minutes before li…

Brian Mackenzie is a human performance coach with more than two decades experience of innovating new protocols and ideas for training Olympians, Professional Athletes, Entrepreneurs, and High Performers in numerous realms on the use of performance, mechanical, and breathing tools to achieve maximum output in training, competition, and recovery. Bri…

Marty Reiswig owns Good Fit Homes, a real estate company which focuses on helping individuals on navigating the real estate business which is based in his hometown of Denver Colorado. spent some time in Indiana where she met her wife. Marty, on the other hand, inherited a rare form of Alzheimer's disease that affects almost all in his father's fami…

Lindsay Hood is an Assignment Editor at NBC 7 / Telemundo 20 where she handles guests on her TV show. Lindsay was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome that resulted in losing her fingers and a leg when she's still inside the womb. She experienced bullying as a kid because of her condition that made her childhood a little bit tougher. Despite her condit…

Scott McGee is a police officer and the man behind The Sisu Way podcast. Fondest memories of Scott McGee with his father Why Dr. T's father stuck with a flip phone until the end How is being a police officer both a blessing and a curse Why do we all have a terminal illness from the day we're born Scott's journey of being a father Check out Dr. T's …

Sarah Rudder is a marine corps veteran who has an unquestionable dedication and heart for service. During the 9/11 terror attacks, while nursing an injury she got from 3 days ago, she was on a ceremony to get her promoted to lance corporal when a plane hits the Pentagon. Still hurt, she took off her sling and rushed to the site and literally became…

Geoff Ledford was a college student when he first found out of his condition as his friends noticed that his left leg is not properly working. Geoff had a couple of specialists diagnose his condition and they did not deliver. Finally, when he encountered Kaiser, the company put all effort and resources just to determine what was happening to him an…

Alex De La Campa is a retired US Navy veteran who served at the Naval Special Warfare. Alex is born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he was stationed in Chicago, San Diego, and Coronado naval base and now he's back in the Bay Area to study sociology at the San Jose State. During his time in the Navy, Alex De La Campa suffered a severe inju…

Chappie Hunter is a veteran Police Officer of the San Diego Police Department and he is the owner of the Alpine Ranch Crossfit. Chappie is an adaptive athlete who trains for triathlon and he also trains other adaptive athletes. Chappie lost his leg through a horrific accident where a student driver suddenly turned his way and crashing into the car.…

Dave Newman is the creator of Rx Smart Gear jump ropes that enable good posture and proper mechanics of the body as you exercise. These jump ropes are custom sized for your height and athletic needs. Not only for functional athletes, Rx Smart Gear have equipment for adaptive athletes most especially. Prior to Rx Smart Gear, Dave is a long time gymn…

Darius Jones is a former US Navy logistics specialist who was used to an active lifestyle but everything changed after an unfortunate motorcycle accident. The accident left his lower body paralyzed making him unable to walk. Realizing how serious his injury was, he started getting depressed but the support of his family and his faith in God gave hi…

Jill Miller is the co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the self-care fitness formats Yoga Tune Up and The Roll Model Method. Her company produces products and tools that help people deal with pain management by incorporating fitness, yoga, massage, and athletics. Prior to the founding of her company, Jill experienced a traumatic …

Aaron Snyder is the author of the book 'The New Diabetes Prescription: The Diet, Exercise, and Mindset Revolution' which helps diabetics manage to eat, alternatives to weight-gain inducing prescriptions, and exercise among others. Prior to his success, Aaron experienced a traumatic childhood. He experienced physical abuse from his bipolar brother w…