The Bridges We Burned: Recent Episodes
Mark Retanan and Alec Reiplinger
Sometimes, who we are is not enough. Sometimes our mistakes, our self-deceptions, our fears, muddle our reflection. Sometimes we become lost within ourselves. We've created this podcast to help you recognize and remember who you are. To help you fight for the pinnacle of who you could be. Here we share our stories, our struggles, and the paths we took to overcome them in the hopes that you'll connect with them, with us. In the hopes that our suffering can alleviate yours. In the end, we can't walk your path for you, but we can light the way, we can show you that you're not alone or, at the very least, we can prevent you from crossing the bridges we burned.
It's only through failure, through our shortcomings, that we come to understand our limitations. Through understanding, through analysis and strength of will, we dishearten the shadow within that seeks to withhold us from greatness. In failure we recognize our mistakes, and it's that very recognition that empowers us to change. To grow. To adapt. To be better. To overcome failure is to embrace change, and therefore, to embrace brilliant possibility.
In this episode Mark and I outline the struggles of our past and identify those moments of crisis where we chose to rise up, to pursue the path leading towards the men we knew we could be, instead of falling further into our gloom and despair.
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Alec's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alec.reiplinger/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro & Sing Along
05:00 - We
10:00 - Are
15:00 - Funny >_<
18:56 - Let's Talk About Change
23:04 - Learning How to Understand and Adjust Your Limits
29:00 - Let's Talk About Our Failures
34:30 - We Started Our Journey With Honesty
42:51 - Goals Are Useless If What You're Aiming at Achieving Is a Lie
45:25 - Your Choices Could Harm A Billion People
48:37 - Stop Adding Fixes & Start Removing Weaknesses
53:20 - It's Important to Reflect on Your Failures
01:02:03 - Let's Talk About Mark
01:12:00 - Cut Away the Dead Weight in Your Life
01:16:00 - Let's Talk About Alec
01:24:00 - The World Will Be Fine, Fix Yourself First
Growth requires change. Change requires finality. Should you wish to grow, you must accept your end. You must accept the death of the person you are, in exchange for the life of the person you could be. This truth is inescapable, just as change is inescapable. So you must choose. Do you make your sacrifices now, clear-headed and freely? Or do you leave them to chance, and bind yourself to whatever fate decrees? This episode focuses on seeking out change, on outlining our strategies for choosing our sacrifices, as wisely as we are able, so that we may avoid the death of the person we dream of becoming and instead forego the person we never wished to be.
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Alec's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alec.reiplinger/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
16:50 - Organizing Your Thoughts Into Lists
22:39 - Creating Tools that Help You Cultivate Growth & Success
30:24 - Once You've Overcome Distraction, How Do You Find Purpose?
35:43 - This Is What I Want to Achieve, Now How Do I Get Started?
43:04 - Stop Letting The Stories You Tell Yourself Halt Your Progress
47:52 - Do Not Minimalize Your Sacrifices in Comparison to Others
50:49 - Mark's Turn to Talk
57:35 - Stop Frontloading Who You Want to Be and Burning Out Who You Are
01:08:00 - Feigning Strength Doesn't Remove Your Weaknesses
01:17:00 - We Care About You, Even If You Don't
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Mark's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lechon_gainz/
Alec's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alec.reiplinger/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
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Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0sGiWwitEdZdtPGCbioiIE
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridges-we-burned/id1577264078
Google- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNzc2MjU1LnJzcw==
Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro
12:21 - Making the Most of the Time You're Given
18:50 - Developing Your Routine is Honestly the Hardest Part
21:22 - What's Next After a Hard Earned Goal?
30:08 - Agency Vs. Urgency
39:25 - Pick Out Two Things That You Absolutely Want From This Life
47:22 - Single-mindedness is Not a Weakness
55:31 - The 40% Rule
01:02:33 - Stop Moving the Goal Posts
01:05:39 - The Cosmos & the Uniqueness of Life
Appreciate and be mindful of the small, seemingly insignificant moments in your life. Understand that who you are right now is necessarily dependent on those moments, the mortar and steel that build our lives. Our goal this week is teach you that, while strength and discipline and purpose are incredibly powerful tools in building the person we so desperately want to become, the tools of vulnerability, patience, and ease are just as crucial.
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bridgesweburned/
Mark's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lechon_gainz/
Alec's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alec.reiplinger/
Listen to us on the following platforms:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0sGiWwitEdZdtPGCbioiIE
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridges-we-burned/id1577264078
Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNzc2MjU1LnJzcw==
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
Show Timestamps:
[00:00] - Intro
[17:36] - Developing A Routine is the Most Difficult Part
[10:35] - This Milestone Is Massively Important
[14:00] - What Started You Down the Path to Self Care?
[24:35] - The Desire to Change Arises From Within
[28:49] - I Need the Struggle of Fitness in my Life
[31:50] - Looking For Meaning? Find a Community that Foster's It
[36:29] - Meaningful Relationships Are Massive Boons On the Path to Self Improvement
[40:48] - Can I Recover from 20 Years of Wasted Time?
[45:02] - The Smallest Realizations Create the Biggest Victories
[50:40] - How Can We Reconcile Who We Are with Who We Want to Be?
[54:49] - Be the Change You Wish to See in the World
[01:00:00] - Following the Profoundly Difficult Path
[01:09:00] - What Can I Do Right Now to Start Down the Path to Change?
Mark and I break down his 1st competitive power lifting meet and discuss his motivations for devoting himself to fitness. From there we break out into discussions about self care, the desire to be and do better, fostering community, developing meaningful relationships, and finding inner strength through discipline.
If you're looking for a how to on ways to shake it up for the better, this is a great episode to check out!
Follow us on:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bridgesweburned/
Mark's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lechon_gainz/
Alec's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alec.reiplinger/
Listen to us on the following platforms:
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0sGiWwitEdZdtPGCbioiIE
Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridges-we-burned/id1577264078
Google - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xNzc2MjU1LnJzcw==
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
Show Notes:
[00:00} - Intro
[03:15] - Marks Power lifting Meet
[10:35] - This Milestone Is Massively Important
[14:00] - What Started You Down the Path to Self Care?
[24:35] - The Desire to Change Arises From Within
[28:49] - I Need the Struggle of Fitness in my Life
[31:50] - Looking For Meaning? Find a Community that Foster's It
[36:29] - Meaningful Relationships Are Massive Boons On the Path to Self Improvement
[40:48] - Can I Recover from 20 Years of Wasted Time?
[45:02] - The Smallest Realizations Create the Biggest Victories
[50:40] - How Can We Reconcile Who We Are with Who We Want to Be?
[54:49] - Be the Change You Wish to See in the World
[01:00:00] - Following the Profoundly Difficult Path
[01:09:00] - What Can I Do Right Now to Start Down the Path to Change?
Mark and I go through the biggest recent events in our lives, from transitions in my workplace to his preparation for his first competitive powerlifting event and how reading helps shape the way we see the world. We also get into how I might have accidentally joined a cult a bit later on and sometimes you just gotta make lemonade when Jim Jones hands you lemons.
We're very much trying to pin down the show's formatting and the finer points of recording, so point out the flaws you're seeing so we can make corrections.
Follow us on:
Instagram - @bridgesweburned
Mark's Instagram - @lechon_gainz
Alec's Instagram - @alec.reiplinger
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDr31rTqYRSINr2LBrzv8A
Listen to us on the following platforms:
Spotify - Coming Soon
Apple - Coming Soon
Google - Coming Soon
Show Notes:
08:45 - Don't Call Your Superintendent On Off Hours
11:23 - Mark Has a Blinking Problem
13:00 - Decompressing by Finding Purpose
15:30 - Dungeons & Dragons
20:20 - Reading Saves Lives
27:43 - How to Time Travel
29:45 - How Reading Creates Worlds Within Your Own Mind
36:30 - Alleviate Your Stress by Changing Your Perception
46:30 - What Kind of Cult Did You Join Dude?
49:30 - Routines Will Give Structure to Your Life
53:30 - Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
54:20 - Don't Drink the Poison Kool-Aid