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The Executive Athlete Podcast
Nicole Ward
5 episodes
1 month ago

Your energy is your edge. Ready to optimize your performance?


Hosted by Nicole Ward, Senior VP of Sales at Aon, board certified health and nutrition coach, and founder of the Sales Athlete platform, this podcast explores the science, strategies, and daily practices that fuel sustained success at the top.


Each episode features industry leaders, elite performers, and trailblazing biohackers sharing the tools that help high achievers turn stress into resilience and optimize every domain of their life. From nootropics to nervous system regulation to leadership mindset, we uncover the rituals that separate peak performers from the rest.


Whether you're leading a team, scaling a business, or chasing ambitious goals, this is your playbook for high performance from the inside out. It's not just about pushing harder - it's about recovering smarter, thinking sharper, and performing better.

Subscribe for weekly insights that transform how you show up and succeed.


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Your energy is your edge. Ready to optimize your performance?


Hosted by Nicole Ward, Senior VP of Sales at Aon, board certified health and nutrition coach, and founder of the Sales Athlete platform, this podcast explores the science, strategies, and daily practices that fuel sustained success at the top.


Each episode features industry leaders, elite performers, and trailblazing biohackers sharing the tools that help high achievers turn stress into resilience and optimize every domain of their life. From nootropics to nervous system regulation to leadership mindset, we uncover the rituals that separate peak performers from the rest.


Whether you're leading a team, scaling a business, or chasing ambitious goals, this is your playbook for high performance from the inside out. It's not just about pushing harder - it's about recovering smarter, thinking sharper, and performing better.

Subscribe for weekly insights that transform how you show up and succeed.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Fitness
Health & Fitness,
Nutrition,
Mental Health
Episodes (5/5)
The Executive Athlete Podcast
Improving Wellness Tech to Calm the World with Anna Gudmundson
In this episode of the Executive Athlete, I sit down with Anna Gudmundson, CEO and co-founder of Sensate, to explore how infrasound resonance technology is revolutionizing stress management and nervous system regulation. We dive into why meditation apps fail mass market users, the science of vagal nerve toning, and how Anna built a company that prioritizes compassion for human struggle over perfection. Her insights on leadership, functional medicine, and the future of personalized health are essential listening for any executive athlete.

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1 month ago
46 minutes 9 seconds

The Executive Athlete Podcast
Marine to CEO: Building a Life Without Limits with Gold Porter

In this episode of Biohacking for the Executive Athlete, I sit down with Gold Porter, founder and CEO of Riveter Consulting Group, to explore her unconventional path from Marine paralegal to luxury lifestyle management expert. We dive into how she serves ultra-high-net-worth clients while maintaining her own cutting-edge wellness protocols, the spiritual practices that keep her grounded in a demanding industry, and why she believes in questioning every program we've inherited from childhood.


Timestamps:

2:35 - From Marine paralegal to Wall Street

6:26 - Energy drains in high-pressure executive lives

8:33 - Fitness as a church

10:50 - Structuring business around wellness, not the other way around

13:20 - Energy coach and daily grounding practice

18:05 - Travel biohacking

20:20 - Influencing high-profile clients through example, not advice

23:05 - Advice for executives new to biohacking

27:03 - Leading with radical honesty in a PC world

30:00 - The garden that grew from her biggest challenge

32:17 - Balancing ambition with contentment

33:36 - Success defined


Connect with Gold:

Company Website: https://riveterinc.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gold-porter-6b481525/

About Riveter Consulting Group: Premier lifestyle management and domestic staffing firm serving elite executives, families, and athletes across the United States and abroad. Specializing in ultra-high-net-worth client support with discretion, logistical precision, and strategic thinking.


Connect with Nicole:

Stay connected with Nicole Ward for more insights on leadership, sales excellence, and the intersection of health and performance.

Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleward111/

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c0mQ7HMqldnb3w3C2HNm6

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-executive-athlete-podcast/id1828954832


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1 month ago
40 minutes 28 seconds

The Executive Athlete Podcast
The Sober Entrepreneur: Joe Chura’s Revolution in Brewing
In this episode of Biohacking for the Executive Athlete, I sit down with Joe Chura, founder and CEO of Go Brewing, to explore his incredible journey from Ford assembly line worker to tech entrepreneur to non-alcoholic craft beer pioneer. We dive into his transformative health journey during COVID, how quitting alcohol revealed clarity he never knew existed, and why he's building a wellness-focused brewery that's reshaping mindful social drinking. Joe shares his daily protocols, the philosophy behind "acceptable risk," and why sometimes you need to say yes before you know how it will all play out.

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2 months ago
54 minutes 26 seconds

The Executive Athlete Podcast
From Sick Executive to Peak Performer | Todd Vande Hei’s Health Transformation
In this episode of the Executive Athlete, I sit down with Todd Vande Hei, founder of Stark Health, to explore his remarkable transformation from a sick manufacturing executive to a health optimization pioneer. We dive into how he applied business principles to revolutionize healthcare delivery, creating a team-based approach that treats the human body like the complex system it is. Todd shares his personal journey from seizures and heart issues in his 30s to peak health at 56, revealing the foundational protocols and integrated systems that make sustainable optimization possible for high-performing executives.

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3 months ago
55 minutes 57 seconds

The Executive Athlete Podcast
Performance Through Wellness | Angel Morgan

In this episode of The Executive Athlete, I sit down with Angel Morgan, Chief Business Development Officer at Cherry Bekaert, to explore the intersection of wellness and sales excellence. We dive into Angel's evolution from a young entrepreneur to a biohacking executive who treats her body as a vessel for peak performance. From discovering that sleep was the key to managing her ADHD and leadership effectiveness, to implementing the "whole self" philosophy with her sales team, Angel shares her candid journey of using health as a competitive advantage.


Timestamps:

5:15 - Health as a mission, not a hobby

10:25 - Sleep as the game-changer

14:32 - Tech, wearables, and hormone replacement therapy

18:46 - The "three S's" travel strategy for sales executives

22:13 - From daily to weekly perspective

27:36 - Instilling wellness mindset in sales teams

31:14 - Longevity and toxic load

39:55 - The influence of leadership and showing up for others


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Connect with Angel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelmichellemorgan/

About Cherry Bekaert: Cherry Bekaert is a Top 25 nationally focused CPA advisory firm that embraces the challenge of being set apart through actions, not words. They focus on helping clients achieve success by being the very best for their clients, starting at the human level.


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Connect with Nicole:

Stay connected with Nicole Ward for more insights on leadership, sales excellence, and the intersection of health and performance.

Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleward111/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBAnwBACChw

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5c0mQ7HMqldnb3w3C2HNm6


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3 months ago
52 minutes 3 seconds

The Executive Athlete Podcast

Your energy is your edge. Ready to optimize your performance?


Hosted by Nicole Ward, Senior VP of Sales at Aon, board certified health and nutrition coach, and founder of the Sales Athlete platform, this podcast explores the science, strategies, and daily practices that fuel sustained success at the top.


Each episode features industry leaders, elite performers, and trailblazing biohackers sharing the tools that help high achievers turn stress into resilience and optimize every domain of their life. From nootropics to nervous system regulation to leadership mindset, we uncover the rituals that separate peak performers from the rest.


Whether you're leading a team, scaling a business, or chasing ambitious goals, this is your playbook for high performance from the inside out. It's not just about pushing harder - it's about recovering smarter, thinking sharper, and performing better.

Subscribe for weekly insights that transform how you show up and succeed.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.