Danica Patrick Pretty Intense Podcast

Journalist, author, and advocate Gretchen Carlson paved the way for #metoo with her historic 2016 sexual harassment complaint against the chairman of Fox News. Named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and author of New York Times bestsellers “Be Fierce” and “Getting Real,” Carlson performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 13. An honors graduate of Stanford University, in 1989 she became the first classical violinist to win the Miss America crown. Carlson is the first former Miss America to serve as Chair of the Miss America Organization.

Dave Meltzer is the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, a Forbes “Top 10 Keynote Speaker“, award-winning humanitarian, and two-time national best-selling author, with 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the legal, technology, sports, and entertainment fields. As an expertise across many industry verticals, he is a world-renowned thought leader, business strategist and  humanitarian.

Jordan is the founder of Syatt Fitness.  He is a 5x World Record Powerlifter and a Precision Nutrition and Westside Barbell Certified coach. He works at giving people the knowledge and confidence to incorporate the best training and nutrition that suits their lifestyle. Syatt Fitness’s motto is “Never Minimal, Never Maximal, Always Optimal.”

Throughout a career spanning 30 years, Geoffrey Zakarian has made his mark as a chef restaurateur known for his sophisticated taste and signature style. Outside of the kitchen, Zakarian is an accomplished author, philanthropist and notable television personality.  He is a longtime judge on Food Network’s “Chopped”, and as an Iron Chef, Zakarian is a co-host on Food Network’s Emmy-nominated daytime series, “The Kitchen”.

Dr. Joe is also a faculty member at Quantum University in Honolulu, Hawaii; the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York; and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He’s also an invited chair of the research committee at Life University in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Dr Joe Dispenza is an international lecturer, researcher, corporate consultant, author, and educator who has been invited to speak in more than 33 countries on six continents. As a lecturer and educator, he is driven by the conviction that each of us has the potential for greatness and unlimited abilities.

Stacey is one of my best friends and spiritual guru.

I had an amazing conversation with Lewis Howes. I met Lewis back when I was promoting my book called "Pretty Intense". I did his show called "School of Greatness". And it honestly was part of what helped push me or encourage me and feel excited about this idea of doing a podcast because I had done a few of them that week. And I was like, "man Podcasts are really fun." And it's really fun to just dive into things in a way that you don't get to do in a five to seven minute interview, which is what I was so used to. So we got to dive even further. We talked for a really long time and we touched on all kinds of things and a lot of it for him had to do with transitions and how he became this very confident, goal oriented, driven human being. But as a kid he was super insecure and even said, “I don't even know why I was born!”  Which is just so much distance between those two things.  So we talked about bridging that gap and how he got to this position of being really confident and working for the success in service as opposed to wanting success and validation as a young man. So please enjoy this fantastic show.

Wow… Gloria Steinem.  An 85 year-old Icon. She's a writer. But she says she has a hard time pinning down exactly what her job is. She’s a writer. She's a feminist. She is a part of movements. And my goodness, she has some interesting and sometimes very simple perspectives on life. I think we all want an answer, and the simple answer is not the one we want.   But Gloria says that sometimes simple is what the truth is. And I'm not going to argue with someone who's 85 years-old!  She has a hell of a lot more experience than I do. So, look, we talked about life. We talked about what's important. And we talked about what the point of it all is. And I hope that you find this just as refreshing as I did.

Today's show is with the very strong, very confident, and very determined and wonderful Melissa Hartwig Urban. I found out about Melissa way back when I started CrossFit.   Paleo is a diet who very oriented to the CrossFit world. And then there's a little subset within paleo called Whole30. And I don't think that Melissa meant to do it like that. But it's got a lot of foundational similarities to paleo with certain foods that you are encouraged to eat more and ones that you aren't Melissa talked about the birth of Whole30 and what that looked like and the struggles that she's had as a person and the places that she's grown. And we talked about her love for hiking. She calls it her church. I also  learned a lot about food and why we eat the way we do. The Whole 30 program is something I'm passionate about. I really believe that we need to develop a a positive relationship with food and stop looking at healthy food as a punishment and cake as a reward. There’s something fundamentally wrong with that.. Melissa also has a new book coming out, “Whole30 Friends and Family”. So please pick that up as I'm sure it has plenty of amazing recipes for, of course, your friends and family. Enjoy