Alyssa Roenigk: Writing About and Living Adventure

Michael Gervais (0:09)

Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais. And the idea behind these conversations is to sit down with people who are on the path of mastery or have a point of view about mastery.

And we're working to understand their sturdy and robust practices, what allow them to pursue mastery and or pursue progression in environments that many of us might deem to be hostile or rugged. And the idea is for us to be able to tease out the ways that they train their mind and the way that they understand the world and themselves in it, so that we can apply some of those same principles in our everyday living as well.

And all of us reach moments where it feels rugged, even though from an outsider or an observer, it might not be, but inside it feels like there's lots of pressure. I wanna take a minute here to announce a really exciting event that we have coming up. As you continue to navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2024, I wanna pose a question. What are you doing right now to be great with stress? How are you working with stress on your pursuit towards your most important ambitions and goals? And I just wanna get right to the heart of the key elements, one in particular, for what it takes to excel in today's high heat, high stakes world. Because stress is not the problem that we think it is. Stress is a synonym for change. And our ability to be agile with change, that is the real opportunity at hand. So if you're wanting to unlock extraordinary results and sustainable performance in your life, it's not about avoiding or reducing stress. And as simple as that sounds, it's very tricky to do, but it is about fundamentally changing your relationship with it.

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And Alyssa and I have known each other for a long time. And I'm excited to share her insights and this conversation with you. So, Alyssa lives and she lives fully. She thinks deeply. She captures a point of view and insights from people who have chosen an adventure way of living, which is really cool to think about. She's trusted by absolutely flat out the elite in action and adventure sport athletes. And when I say the word elite here, we're not talking about an elitism. We're talking about those that are on the tip of the arrow that are creating insights and experiences of doing that others in their field, the best of the best in their field are saying, my goodness, I'm not sure how he or she actually does what he or she does. So it's an incredible opportunity to learn from Alyssa in this conversation. And as we know, we're both fascinated by those who excel in risk scenarios. And it seems like our conversations seem to lead straight to what separates those who see the world differently and then act on those ideas, independent of the real and or perceived consequences. So Alyssa is a senior writer at ESPN. And she's part of the on air team as well for the X Games and the host of the studio show X Center.