Metta Performance

Metta Performance

Discover the Metta Performance Podcast, the art of integrating loving-kindness into high-stakes achievement. Rooted in the Pali word for compassion, this podcast offers a foundation for self-awareness and personal growth. Join our hosts and a lineup of top-tier guests as we discuss how a balanced, Metta-driven lifestyle is the key to sustained success in both life and elite sports performance.

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High Performance as a Member of the Steep Canyon Rangers with Aaron Burdett

March 31, 2026 • 38 mins
What does high performance look like outside of sports or corporate leadership? In this conversation, singer-songwriter and Steep Canyon Rangers member Aaron Burdett shares how musicians train their minds and craft to perform at elite levels. From managing pressure on stage to turning jealousy into motivation, Aaron explains the internal psychology of performance, creativity, and teamwork in the music industry. The discussion revea...
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Sustaining High Performance in Women's Professional Cycling with Nicola Cranmer

March 24, 2026 • 32 mins
What does real high performance look like in sport and leadership? In this conversation, a long-time professional cycling team leader shares lessons from more than two decades building one of the longest-running women’s cycling programs. The discussion explores how elite athletes are developed, how to identify potential beyond results, and what habits separate sustainable high performance from short-term success. Listeners will le...
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High Performance Lessons from the Military and Start-Ups with Lt General Ross Coffman [RET]

March 17, 2026 • 38 mins
What defines high performance in leadership, military command, and cutting-edge technology startups? In this episode with Lt General Ross Coffman [RET], we explore how failure, empathy, clarity, discipline, and mission-driven culture shape elite performance. From leading tanks in Desert Storm to tackling quantum cybersecurity threats, this conversation unpacks practical leadership lessons, sustainable performance strategies, and t...
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Coaches Chat

March 10, 2026 • 49 mins
Join us for a coaches chat! In this coaching roundtable, we get the band together to discuss a variety of topics. The conversation explores how athletes maintain motivation between races, navigate identity shifts when performance changes, recover from injuries or illness, and build long-term relationships with sport. The coaches also share practical coaching insights on training structure, nutrition experimentation, off-season prep...
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Science-Based Strategies For Lifelong Performance with Sharon McDowell and Regan Stiegman

March 3, 2026 • 49 mins
How do athletes, executives, and everyday performers stay strong, resilient, and competitive for decades—not just seasons? In this episode, experts in performance medicine and sport science, Sharon McDowell and Regan Stiegman, unpack the science-backed strategies behind long-term performance, recovery, nutrition, and lifestyle optimization. Drawing from their new book Staying in the Game, the conversation explores how nutrition den...
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A Story of Comeback and Resilience with Laurel Rathbun

February 24, 2026 • 56 mins
Today, we welcome Laurel Rathbun. This episode explores what sustainable high performance really looks like through the lens of elite cycling, entrepreneurship, and personal resilience. From early athletic development to career-ending injury, returning to competition, launching a women’s pro team, and balancing work, training, and leadership, this conversation offers practical lessons on consistency, intentional living, emotional r...
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Running a Start Up and Staying Balanced with Maria Colacurcio

February 17, 2026 • 45 mins
In this episode, we sit down with start-up CEO Maria Colacurcio to explore how elite performers balance career ambition, family life, and athletic goals without burning out. Drawing from real-world leadership experience and competitive sport, the conversation reveals practical strategies for goal setting, productivity, recovery, and mindset. Listeners will learn how to replace perfectionism with progress, use movement to fuel creat...
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Building Sustainable Focus and Performance Systems with Prasanth Nair

February 10, 2026 • 39 mins
What does it actually mean to perform at a high level without burning out? In this episode, productivity expert and endurance athlete Prasanth Nair shares a practical, systems-driven approach to sustainable high performance. You’ll learn how presence, energy management, identity-based habits, and structured time systems create consistent results in work, sport, and life. From micro-focus moments to long-term discipline, this conver...
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Turning Passion Into Daily Momentum with Mike Buenting

February 3, 2026 • 41 mins
In this episode, Sean sits down with sports marketing leader and lifelong endurance athlete Mike Buenting to explore what truly drives long-term motivation, happiness, and performance. From career reinvention to marathon breakthroughs and Ironman setbacks, Mike shares powerful lessons on chasing passion over money, building resilience through adaptability, and creating sustainable habits that fuel both sport and life. This conversa...
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Developing Resilience and Potential through Sport

January 20, 2026 • 44 mins
What does it take to sustain high performance across work, sport, and life—without burning out or losing yourself along the way? In this episode, Holly sits down with a lawyer, public servant, mother, and endurance athlete to explore how discipline, humility, and long-term thinking create the conditions for real potential. Through stories of running, leadership, self-doubt, and resilience, this conversation reframes performance awa...
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How to Perform Well for The Long Run

January 6, 2026 • 37 mins
What does it actually take to perform at a high level—without sacrificing health, joy, or longevity? In this conversation, the guest explores sustainable high performance across work, sport, and life. Through stories of entrepreneurship, trail running, coaching, and community building, the episode unpacks how discipline, fun, mentorship, and self-awareness create lasting success. This episode is a practical and philosophical guide ...
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From Recruitment to Racing: An Insightful Conversation with Nick Day

December 23, 2025 • 46 mins
This episode explores how fear, ambition, and identity shape performance in sport, leadership, and life. Through stories from endurance sport, entrepreneurship, parenting, and coaching, the conversation examines why driven people struggle with balance, how fear disguises itself as wisdom, and how clarity of purpose enables sustained high performance without regret. The discussion introduces a practical framework—the “fear equation”...
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Unlocking Sustainable High Performance

December 5, 2025 • 45 mins
This episode dives into what it truly takes to become—and remain—a high performer across work, sport, and life. Together, we explore mastery, innate drive vs. learned skill, the psychology of sustainable excellence, and the real tension between ambition, identity, rest, and fulfillment. You’ll hear practical insights on stress-management, flow states, deliberate practice, rest-recovery balance, and the inner critic—all grounded in ...
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Welcome to the Metta Performance Podcast

November 18, 2025 • 39 mins
The Metta Performance Podcast kicks off by introducing a coaching philosophy that blends compassion with high achievement—so you can perform in work, sport, and life without flaming out. Holly, Michael, and Sean unpack what “Type A+” really means, why process beats outcome, and how to avoid comparison traps, celebrate small wins, and build sustainable performance that lasts. Key takeaways: What “Type A+” means without titles...
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From Elite Athlete to Corporate Life: Navigating the Transition

November 15, 2025 • 43 mins
This episode explores what really happens when high-performing athletes transition from elite sport into demanding careers, family life, leadership roles, and new identities. Through honest conversation, the hosts and guest dive into mindset shifts, accepting changing performance, navigating professional pressures, redefining success, and learning to find purpose beyond metrics. Whether you’re an athlete, executive, or someone in a...
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Sustaining High Performance Through Purpose and Process

November 15, 2025 • 30 mins
This episode dives into what it truly takes to perform at a high level across work, sport, and life — not through shortcuts or comparison, but through purpose-driven habits, intentional decisions, and a process-focused mindset. You’ll hear powerful insights on sustainability, balance, curiosity, discipline, and the daily choices that ultimately shape a meaningful life. The conversation explores how personal purpose evolves, how acc...
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Coaching your Kids

November 15, 2025 • 51 mins
What happens when the coach is also your parent? In this heartwarming and insightful episode of The Metta Performance Podcast, we explore the dynamics of coaching within a family — how compassion, trust, and consistency shape not only performance but also lifelong connection. Host Sean Luitjens sits down with Michael and Kate Seiler, a father-daughter coaching duo, to unpack the highs, lows, and lessons learned from years of workin...
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