Messy Progress with Adrienne Smith

In this episode, we delve deep into the fascinating world of cannabis, exploring its potential as a life-enhancing tool and shedding light on the shortcomings of the infamous "Say No to Drugs" campaign. Together we navigate through the murky waters of drug education campaigns and examine why the simplistic "Just Say No" message has proven to be ineffective and counterproductive and the new slogan “Just Say Wait” has been a...

In this thought-provoking podcast episode, we dive deep into the transformative power of going against the grain and embracing our unique life journeys. Join us as we explore the concept of owning the state that we are in and the remarkable progress we're working on making.

I’m being interviewed in this episode and I expand into the idea of “seeing for yourself” with a lot of details about my row across the ocean, my experi...

In this empowering episode, we delve into the power of Seeing for Yourself. Discover the art of releasing the burden of other people's projections, allowing your true self to shine. I share my learnings about everything from politics to psychedelics and signing up for quality trainings to learn new skills and how to be a better listener. Join me as we explore the power of self-discovery, self-acceptance, and the liberating...

I just celebrated the 12 Year Birthday of my Santa Barbara Yoga Studio, Power of Your Om. This studio was my first baby and I’ve learned so many big lessons from taking the leap to live life on my terms and want to share them with you. All of these lessons apply to both running a business and running your life/household/family. Here are my 12 tips for running a successful business, household + life.

Persistence is not Naggi...

All of us are on a unique path, our souls are being pulled in different directions and it can be challenging at times to be in relationships with those that aren’t on the same trajectory as we are - whether it’s being an entrepreneur, a parent or anything else… how do we learn to live, communicate and be in relationship with not only ourselves but also each other in ways that are kind, compassionate and supportive when we ...

What do you need to dance out or what do you need to dance for? When we were all kids, we danced, moved and wiggled to get our crazies out - and we didn’t care what anyone thought or who was watching. Dani is building a movement of connection to oneself, each other and letting go through dancing and yoga in Ventura California.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why dancing, something that is free and accessible to all of us...

We’ve all had our share of shit sandwiches handed to us. We’ve crashed to the ground more than we’d like to admit leading to days, months or years living on the floor. There are two choices - either stay on the floor or push ourselves up.

As a 17 year old track star, Terra Thomas realized that for the rest of her life she would need to measure every morsel of food she put in her body because she just received the diagno...

Have you been chronically injured, sick, exhausted, aggravated? Caroline Burckle competed on the biggest stage in sports and still felt like she wasn’t good enough, had low self worth and kept pushing even though her body was literally breaking.  

In this extremely candid and relatable conversation, Caroline shares about how she overcame imposter syndrome and chronic injuries to finally give her body, mind and spirit what i...

What if you were in the top 5% of the world where instead of being the product of your environment, you made active choices towards optimizing your health.  What if you woke up every morning and said I’m going to live 1% better today?  What if it could be that easy?

We could all optimize our lifestyle by 5% in any given day and reap a huge benefit from incremental changes.  In this episode, Optimal Wellness Coach Greg Spiva...

Because we’ve identified with who we have been for so long, we don’t always let ourselves shift and change with nature - this can cause us to feel more stuck than we actually are, unable to accept change and sometimes reliving old trauma. In this episode with somatic therapist, Teagan Rose, we talk about it all. My rowing team and I had the pleasure of working with Teagan to enhance our non-verbal communication and I’ve al...

In this episode we get some sage advice from entrepreneur, life-long open water swimmer and coach, Gerry Rodrigues.  Gerry grew up in the country of Trinidad where work ethic trumped sunbathing on the beach.  That ethos landed him at the start line of open water swim races at the young age of 12, where he completed in a 3-mile open water swim (fast as hell), and swam 10,000 meters in two hours that year. And later topped i...

Being on a team is a powerful experience that creates a connection that transcends our understanding.  In this episode with my rowing teammate, Brooke Downes, we share about our experience on a team together, our biggest fears, how we learned to work together, how we listened to each other in big and small ways and how that listening created trust so that when and if our life was going to be on the line at some point, we h...

Loosen your pants cause you are going to need some extra space to laugh as we jump right into one of the most common questions people ask us from this row…“where did you go to the bathroom” and in this conversation we get straight into what it was like to go to the bathroom in a bucket for a month with 3 of your closest friends.

All three of us now World Record holders, were amateur ocean rowers when we said yes to thi...

This is the first of three conversations that I have with my World Record Rowing Team. In this episode with Sophia Denison Johnston we unpack a lot of what made our team successful. Sophia shares the truth about uncovering trauma both physically and emotionally that surfaced as a result of our adventure and how taking on challenges can be uncomfortable but it doesn’t have to be horrible.  

In this episode you will learn...

We don’t get to a point of determining how much play is too much or how much work is too much by listening to anyone else’s advice on life - because we’re not living the same lives. I got there by experiencing decades of extreme productivity and burnout and then swinging the pendulum to significantly more play and then reflecting on that. What about you? In this episode I share what I think messy progress is, how to tap in...

Have you ever noticed people love to ask the question, "what's the worst that could happen?"  Yeah, it can be a good one - but to truly get into action, identifying what's working RIGHT NOW creates that positive response in your brain and body to start to feel that you 1) are okay 2) you are capable and 3) something new is possible. 

I love telling stories, motivating people into action and working deeply wit...