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Building True Resilience: The Role of The Nervous System In Sport with Emily Perrin, LCSW-C
May 28, 2026
59m 59s
Long Term Athlete Development: High Performance + Parenting with Gordo Byrn
Apr 22, 2026
1h 13m 46s
Mastering Emotions Under Pressure with Dr. Braden Brown
Apr 8, 2026
1h 10m 00s
Building Mental Strength Proactively with Ryan Ford, CMPC
Mar 18, 2026
1h 06m 29s
A Year's Worth Of Performance Experts: The Three Things I Learned
Feb 17, 2026
25m 06s
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| 5/28/26 |  Building True Resilience: The Role of The Nervous System In Sport with Emily Perrin, LCSW-C | I’m really honored to bring you this episode with Emily Perrin. Emily is a nervous system and performance coach, as well as a licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma. On top of that, she was also a Division I soccer player at the University of Virginia and Division I soccer coach at the University of Pennsylvania. Emily has seen sport through many lenses, and in this episode we unpack some of the hidden emotional realities and challenges of sport culture. In this episode, we ex... | 59m 59s | ||||||
| 4/22/26 |  Long Term Athlete Development: High Performance + Parenting with Gordo Byrn | I’m honored to welcome Gordo Byrn back to the podcast! If you haven’t already, I highly recommend listening to his episode on returning to a lifestyle of elite performance after taking a decade away, it’s one of the most popular episodes thus far. In this conversation we shift gears a little and dive deep into long-term athletic development, parenting philosophy, and sustainable high performance through the lens of Gordo Byrn’s experience as both an elite athlete and a father. Gordo’s won a w... | 1h 13m 46s | ||||||
| 4/8/26 |  Mastering Emotions Under Pressure with Dr. Braden Brown | I’m really excited to bring you this conversation with Dr. Braden Brown, LMFT, PhD. In this episode, Braden talks about his role working with elite athletes as the Director of Mental Health for BYU Athletics. We dig into many of my favorite topics in the mental performance, but some of the highlights are: The difference between high standards and perfectionismA practical framework and tools for managing thoughts and emotionsKnowing that even the best deal with doubt, nerves, and uncertaintyHo... | 1h 10m 00s | ||||||
| 3/18/26 |  Building Mental Strength Proactively with Ryan Ford, CMPC | I’m excited to share my conversation with today’s guest Ryan Ford. Ryan is a CMPC, Certified Mental Performance Consultant, and co-founder of Fortitude with his business partner, Brian Sullivan who was a previous guest on the show. Their mission at Fortitude is to support leaders and teams to elevate performance, strengthen belonging, and create lasting legacies, and in this episode we cover a variety of ways they’re helping athletes and coaches do just that. Some key topics we discus: Traini... | 1h 06m 29s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | A Year's Worth Of Performance Experts: The Three Things I Learned | Forging Iron Podcast — Year One Reflections: The 3 Themes That Shape Performance In this special anniversary episode, we're celebrating year one of the podcast! We've had some amazing guests, from: sports nutritionistmediation expertdoctors of all types:a pediatricianPhDs in sport psychologyand an orthopedic surgeonmental performance coachesand current and former collegiate and professional athletes, ranging from runners, basketball players and rock climbersincluding two world champions!These... | 25m 06s | ||||||
| 2/11/26 |  Built to Move: Rethinking Training, Aging, and Health-span with Dr. Howard Luks M.D. | I’m really excited to share this episode with Dr. Howard Luks. Dr. Luks is an orthopedic surgeon by trade, but his writing, whether it’s his book Longevity Simplified or Substack called Built to Move: Born to Heal, encompasses so much more than fixing broken bones. This episode takes special meaning for me now, as just this week I lost a grandparent. He’s undoubtedly in a better place now, but a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to go help him and spent some time in a memory care facility. ... | 1h 01m 21s | ||||||
| 2/5/26 |  Jacob Hunter: Running Strong Through The Highs and Lows | My guest today is Jacob Hunter. As a high school athlete, Jacob won multiple state championships in Virginia and was on the 2x Nike Cross Country National Championship winning team for Loudoun Valley. Jacob went on to compete for the University of Virginia, notching PR’s of 4:03 in the mile and 14:05 in the 5k. All of this is extremely impressive in it’s own right, but what makes it even greater is that Jacob has been managing Type 1 Diabetes since he was 11 years old. In this episode, we ref... | 55m 51s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | A meditation for coaches and athletes & why it works | Today we’re exploring the power of loving-kindness meditation. I know, I know… some people hear “loving-kindness meditation” and immediately tune out; it’s too woo-woo or mushy-gushy. For those unfamiliar, loving-kindness meditation is a lot like having “thoughts and prayers” for others and for self. It’s also called Metta, which translates to positive energy and kindness. People say things like that all the time: “I’m thinking about you” or “you guys are in our prayers” or “hope you’re doing... | 19m 13s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Justin Daerr: Keys To Performance Improvement | Today’s episode is jam packed with insights into the mindset of elite performance, both from an athlete’s and coach’s perspective. My guest is Justin Daerr, a former professional triathlete and current coach and mental performance consultant. As an athlete, Justin has an extremely impressive resume, but one of the things that I love that he highlights on his website all-ofit.com is that he completed his first Ironman in 12 hours and 55 minutes, coming in 1034th place. Then, over a decade late... | 1h 14m 26s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  Coaching with Purpose: Values, Connections, Leading by Example with Suzu Cornella | I’m super excited to share this episode with Suzu Cornella. Like many of us, she has multiple different dimensions and experiences, including being an elite and professional rock climber, representing Team USA on the Sport Climbing National Team in three world championships all over the world. Suzu was the first female route setter in the history of Movement Climbing and Fitness, coaches climbers and other athletes and coaches in mental training through her company, Summits of the Mind. Plus,... | 55m 35s | ||||||
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| 1/8/26 |  The Pain Cave Gets Bigger: Jonathan Levitt | Powered by Forgingirontraining.fit: explore endurance coaching and mental performance coaching I’m pumped to kick of 2026 with today’s guest, Jonathan Levitt. He’s the host of the podcast For The Long Run, a show I’ve listened to for a long time, and recently the creator of Long Run Labs, a collective working to empower other awesome running and endurance podcasts. He’s also someone who likes to play in the start-up and entrepreneurial space in running and health tech. We cover a ... | 1h 02m 39s | ||||||
| 10/22/25 |  Building Fortitude with Brian Sullivan | Question of the episode: What did or do you admire about your favorite coach that you’ve ever worked with? (comment with your answer here on substack!) My guest today is Brian Sullivan, a coach and consultant for Fortitude Mental Performance, who helps individuals, teams, and coaches improve their mindset, leadership, and culture. Part of what I enjoyed about this conversation was the multiple perspectives Brian has on sport. He has: played and coached basketball at the Division I level for D... | 1h 02m 49s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 |  Reed Fischer: An Elite Runner's Mindset | The best place to leave a comment for us is here on Substack! Reed Fischer is a 2:10 marathoner and professional runner for Adidas and Tinman Elite. He’s also an Eagle Scout and one of the kindest people I’ve had the privilege to run with. When I think about people who have really nailed the sustainable part of sustainable excellence, I think of Reed. As a high school athlete, he wasn’t highly recruited. It took four years of extremely patient development at Drake University to become a... | 1h 15m 06s | ||||||
| 9/10/25 |  Developing The Balanced Athlete: Jud Heugel MD | Leave a comment for us on Substack here! Jud Heugel MD is a pediatrician, father, endurance athlete, health tech startup leader, and mental health advocate blending clinical expertise with lived experience. He’s based in Seattle—though feels most alive on the trails around Bend, Oregon. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Applied Sports Psychology and writing on Substack, Jud brings a unique focus on using performance coaching strategies to help athletes—and really, all of us—overcome ment... | 1h 23m 55s | ||||||
| 7/8/25 |  Increasing Mental Flexibility with Neal Palles, LCSW, CMPC | Neal Palles is a Psychotherapist (LCSW), Certified Mental Performance Coach (CPMC), and an endurance coach and athlete himself. In this episode, Neal and I get into some of the myths or misunderstandings surrounding mental health and mental strength in sport. In particular, we talk about: letting curiosity guide you when you have uncomfortable thoughts and emotionsaligning your goals with your valuesembracing the uncertainty in racinghow to build confidenceNeal has a plethora of knowledge and... | 1h 03m 19s | ||||||
| 6/18/25 |  Life, Liberty Track Club, and the Pursuit of Fast Times with Veronica Eder & Carey Gosselin | Welcome back to the Forging Iron Podcast, where we connect with people like endurance athletes, authors, sports nutritionists and mental performance coaches to share the science and stories of sport and performance. As iron sharpens iron, people sharpen people! My guests today are the co-founders of Liberty Track Club, an inspiring post-collegiate women’s running club that’s currently sponsored by Oiselle. Carey Gosselin and Veronica Eder are Nurse Practitioner and Data Analytics Manage... | 1h 05m 03s | ||||||
| 6/4/25 |  Behind the Lens of High Performance with Anderson Bobo | My guest today is Anderson Bobo, the creative director for Oregon Track and Field. In this episode, Anderson shares the thoughts and insights he has from behind the lens of high performance programs and athletes that are competing for NCAA and Olympic titles. Anderson views his role as one of a story teller, which lines up really well with sport psychology: as we train and compete in races, we inevitably tell ourselves a story about our performances. Anderson give us some pretty powerfu... | 59m 28s | ||||||
| 5/20/25 |  Finding Your Inner Edge with Chad McGehee | What do 3rd graders, the FBI, and the university of Wisconsin athletic department have in common? They’ve all been taught mediation from my guest today, Chad McGehee. Chad is the Director of Meditation Training at the University of Wisconsin athletic department, which is a first of it’s kind position in major sports. Throughout this conversation, I think you’ll see why Chad is able to be at the forefront of this work, as he blends cutting-edge research and neuroscience with traditional medita... | 53m 57s | ||||||
| 5/6/25 |  Creating (Needed) Changes in Coaching Culture with Dr. Sara Erdner | What do you wish you could tell your coach, but for whatever reason never did? That is the fundamental question Dr. Sara Erdner and I explore, as well as the theme for her book: Dear Coach, What I Wish I Could Have Told You. If there’s one thing that’s clear about sport (especially at the collegiate and youth levels) it’s that coaches don’t just impact an athletes current physical skills, they also have a massive influence on their long term psychological well being, confidence, and mot... | 1h 53m 46s | ||||||
| 4/23/25 |  The Mental Side of Physical Therapy with Max Stoneking, PT, DPT | Max Stoneking is an accomplished triathlete, former collegiate swimmer, as well as a triathlon coach and physical therapist (DPT). This episode is all about navigating the physical and mental challenges of sport and how to integrate it into your schedule alongside the demands and stresses of our work and social calendar. We talk about relative energy deficiency syndrome and the red flags to look out for in your own training. I really appreciated Max’s honesty in handling RED-S, which is somet... | 1h 22m 21s | ||||||
| 4/8/25 |  Gordo Byrn: Creating a Sustainable, High Performance Lifestyle | Gordo Byrn is the former Ultraman World Champion, which is a 3 day stage race covering 320 miles with a 6.2 mile swim followed by a 90 mile bike ride on day one, a 171 mile ride on day 2, and after all that, just your standard, run of the mill double marathon, 52.4 miles of running on the islands of Hawaii. At the time of this recording, Gordo was dealing with an injury, but a few months later he’s winning the 55-59 age group at Ironman 70.3 oceanside, with a blazing time of 4:38 and a sub 1:... | 1h 07m 39s | ||||||
| 3/25/25 |  Jackson Heidesch on Breaking 4:00 & Breaking Bones: Navigating the Highs and Lows of Running | In this episode, Jackson Heidesch joins us to talk about the highs and lows of running and the mental skills, or toolbox as he calls it, he's working on to help navigate that journey. Jackson was the 20th high schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile, running a 3:59.08. He also ran 8:42 in the 2 mile indoors his senior year, which at the time was #4 on the all time indoor list, and was 5th at nike cross country nationals. He currently runs for Duke University. Unfortunately, 4 minutes is... | 1h 10m 54s | ||||||
| 3/11/25 |  Leadership Is Learnable & Creating Better Coaches with Dr. Brian Zuleger: Part 2 | This is a continuation of my conversation from Part 1 with Dr. Zuleger, but we focus more on the coaching aspect of things. The thing is, most coaches aren't taught leadership skills, they're simply picked because they were a good athlete or have been around the sport for a long time. But experience doesn't necessarily mean you know how to lead and create positive team cultures... We talk about developing coaches as leaders, how they can better utilize captains, and see their own actions and ... | 53m 09s | ||||||
| 3/11/25 |  How to Actually Build Mental Strength with Dr. Brian Zuleger: Part 1 | Dr. Zuleger is a Certified Mental Performance Coach, P.H.D. in Sport Psychology, and the Coordinator of the Applied Sport Psychology master's program that I'm in at Adams State University. Dr. Zuleger has worked with a wide range of athletes and teams, including NCAA champions and olympians but he's also passionate about educating coaches, both in how to they can help their athletes with the psychological side of sport but also in how coaches can view what they do as a performance. It's so fa... | 1h 10m 11s | ||||||
| 2/25/25 |  Fueling To Maximize Performance In Sport & Life with Ellen Davis | Ellen Davis is a CSSD (Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics), entrepreneur, former division one athlete for the University of Missouri, and a proud boy mom. One of the things I really appreciate about Ellen is her practical advice, being able to distill the science of nutrition and fueling into something we can actually use in our daily lives. In this episode, Ellen and I talk a lot about: Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome, aka RED-Sfueling for performance in real lifethe impact of mind... | 1h 12m 27s | ||||||
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