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Join us for HPP WK 5 as George and Bruce sit down in the “Spooky Halloween Bar” to talk Pearl Jam and the Ohana Festival (with Keanu playing lead guitar with Dogstar!), takeaways from the Niners win over the Patriots, and of course a preview of the matchups and challenges in WK 5 when the Niners host inter-divisional rival the Cardinals!
They respond to some great “Ask George Questions” which get into mindset, building confidence, moving forward with or without motivation, dealing with negative self-talk, and the use of affirmations and visualization.
Finally, we lift up and offer a shout out to all the kids and families we saw this week at the Stanford Children’s hospital and send them our love and support for their journey and healing. Many, many Hidden Pearls there and we are very grateful we were able to visit.
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio.
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While BK dances it out with Pearl Jam on the beach, the siblings hold down the fort again!
Tune in for a review on the Rams game, what to look for vs the Patriots, and some incredible upcoming classes George and Emma will be adding to Hidden Pearls Studio!
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio.
For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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A true siblings episode. While BK is living his best biker life in Pioneertown, Emma and George hold down the fort. This episode gets into RAMS WEEK (and how everyone is getting their minds right), GK's injury, and hilarious teammate stories. Thank you to everyone who submitted #AskGeorge questions again this week. We love reading them and always get a good laugh.
Since George will be watching the game at home this weekend, he has a question for all of you: What are your favorite game day snacks?
Emma's Women of the Niner's event has been scheduled for 12/9. Keep your eyes open for our announcement and to get tickets! This is year 5 and we are so excited to be back!
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio.
For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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Hello Hidden Pearls Fam!
In WEEK 2 we talk all things Jets and being 1-0, how GK and the team are prepping for their trip to Minnesota, and the Group Sadhana we are hosting through HPS.
Thank you to everyone for submitting so many fun questions for the show this week. We love hearing from y'all and sharing those moments.
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio.
For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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We got the gang back together to kick off SEASON 5!!
We figured everyone needed to read Bruce's intro so here it is:
"Welcome everyone to the 2024 NFL Season with this Kickoff Edition of the Hidden Pearls Podcast!! I am joined here today with my co-hosts Emma Kittle Ponce, also known as “Onna-Bugeisha”, the Japanese term for a female Samurai warrior, and her little brother George “Toon, the Yugioh – blue eyed White Dragon” Kittle!! This week the Niners open the 2024 season on prime time on MNF vs the Arron Rodgers led NY Jets! With Robert Saleh as the head coach (former DC of the Niners) we know they will be playing great defense and coming after KS and Purdy hard. Exciting stuff but on the other side of the ball, will the new look Niner defense be able to rattle Rodgers and keep the Jets from flying high around Levi’s stadium? That and some updates on Hidden Pearls Studio Launch and programing and much more on this NFL season opener of HPP! HERE WE GO!"
In this episode we move through a family check in, summer highlights, a preview of the Jet's game, what's going on with Hidden Pearls Studio, and kicking off Jan's birthday celebration!
To take advantage of our Labor Day sale go to hiddenpearlsstudio.com and enter code LD2024 for 30% off the rest of the year!!
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To celebrate a 65'th birthday and connect with the feminine energy of Japan, Jan and Emma hiked Mt Fuji on their recent trip to Japan.
In this episode we sit down and discuss why climbing this mountain was so important and exciting, the preparation that went into it, and how things ended up even better than we expected.
Remember, it's not a race, and all you have to do is just put one foot in front of the other.
To learn more about Jan's photographs, please visit: https://www.ninemusesart.com
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio.
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Nothing says welcome to the 2024 NFL season like a sit down with George Kittle as he is in week two of the Niners training camp. Join us for a lively and fun discussion of where things are at. George and I review a bit of the summer from OTA’s through TE University, Kittle fest, and then him wrapping up his off-season training.
We get into a little bit of his core surgery and the recovery he has gone through that is attached to that surgery and some of the difficulties presented with it. We review some of the position groups with the Niners as well as how competition is going and look briefly (I mean very briefly) toward the season ahead.
It’s exciting to have football back in the air literally and we’re looking forward to another exciting, fun, and thrill-filled experience with the Niners as they seek again the title for the West, another NFC championship, and more. Please enjoy!!
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio. For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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Welcome to August!
We're one month closer to football season and the family is getting READY. Feeling so excited and grateful for another year, the Receiver show coming out, everyone feeling healthy, and time together in Santa Fe.
This week Emma and Bruce sit down to talk football, Yogic Numerology, how to use your breath for courage and energy, Bruce's YTT journey, and Jan's upcoming gallery show at Nine Muses in Santa Fe NM.
The key words for this month are courage, energy, self-initiation, and finite to infinite. Tune into Hidden Pearls Studio to practice with us as we learn how to use our breath to move fresh oxygen, prana, awareness and, LOVE through all parts of our lives.
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Happy Thursday Hidden Pearls Podcast!!
As you know, movement, meditation and mindfulness are huge parts of our lives. It weaves through the work we do, the relationships we build, and if you've watched Receiver on Netflix, you’ll see how it weaves through the football we play and love.
The yoga journey for the Kittle crew began in Iowa City Iowa, at what we still view as our home yoga studio, Hot House Yoga. The architect, principal guide, and leader in all things yoga for us, was and has always been, Maureen Mondanaro.
In this episode we get into what Emma & Bruce were like in their early days on the mat, what it was like opening the FIRST hot yoga studio in the state of Iowa, the importance of always remaining a student, and how to move gracefully through the transitions of life.
While we haven't shared a studio in a few years, Maureen is still a big part of our lives as a friend and mentor. We are so excited and grateful to have her join us as part of our Women of Yoga series.
This week we are making a donation in Maureen's name to support an Iowa City School in need - Mark Twain Elementary.
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio. For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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John Bosa - Welcome to the Hidden Pearls Podcast!
This week Bruce continues his Mindful Parenting series with one of our favorite 49ers fathers, John Bosa.
As a former first round draft pick for the Miami Dolphins, John shares the highs and lows of his own career and the many lessons he has learned in raising Nick and Joey Bosa. Both of his boys were also first round draft picks and have been two of the best defensive ends in the league since they were drafted.
John is a passionate and caring father who made a lot of intentional choices about the way in which the boys were raised.
He shares his heartfelt and entertaining insights into the sibling rivalry between Nick and Joey, how they found their way into football as their primary sport, all that comes with being first round draft pick, and how they as a family navigated the issues they faced in big time football.
This week we are making a donation in the Bosa name to St Judes Children Hospital - https://www.stjude.org
To ask questions or make guest requests for the Mindful Parenting series, please submit them here: https://shorturl.at/S3QrY
You can access any of the movement, meditation or mindfulness practices we discussed on the show today, on Hidden Pearls Studio. For a limited time, enjoy a FREE month of Hidden Pearls Studio by using the code HPPodcast upon checkout https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/join_us
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In June we celebrated Pride Month. To keep the party going, we touched base with a group we are so proud and appreciative of, 49ers Pride.
Pride is celebrated in June for a number of reasons. (1) to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, (2) to honor those members of the LGBTQ community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/ AIDS, and (3) to recognize all the ways that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have historically impacted the world.
In this episode we are joined by Christina Jefferson, Senior Director of Inclusion and Culture with the 49ers, and Nick Clarke, who manages Fan Engagement for the 49ers.
Nick's role includes overseeing the direction and execution of promoting for 49ers Pride. He is also responsible for Emma's Women of the Niner's events, and can be blamed for giving Bruce the microphone at the 49ers rally in Mexico City before we cooked up some Arizona Cardinals!!!
Join us for a fun and lively conversation that reviews the history of 49ers Pride with the Niner's organization, how / why / when it was created, its purpose and outreach, and a look back over some of the main events 49ers Pride has been involved with. There are plenty of amazing events and experiences to get involved with throughout the year and you can find everything by becoming a FREE member of the organization by using the link below. We also hear of the work within the Niner's organization on building an inclusive and welcoming culture that recognizes all people. Continuing to spread love, inclusion, and kindness, we are proud to offer you this conversation about love and the power of truly "seeing" the other.
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Welcome to July! Join Emma and Bruce as they break down year 4 of Tight End University, going through Yoga Teacher Training as a 65 year old, and Emma’s move to Tennessee.
For the 7th month, Hidden Pearls Studio explores all things 7th Chakra, the 10th Gate / Crown of the Head, and the 7th Yogic Body, the Aura.
Learn yogic practices and philosophy about how to handle feeling scattered, how to stop trying to fix everyone else’s problems, and how to start feeling safe and secure in your body and spiritual identity.
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This week we bring you another podcast in our series on the women of yoga. This time it is Denise Gonzales, longtime teacher and instructor with Blissful Spirits Hot Yoga. She is the right hand woman to Melanie St. George’s who we had on the podcast just recently in episode 220.
This is a story which tells of Denise's own personal progression through the birth of 3 children, surviving COVID, getting a new degree, as well as her role in the growth and overcoming various obstacles for the studio.
Denise‘s story is one of hard work, grit, and determination grounded in her Hispanic upbringing and the power and strength of her own mother.
All listeners will really enjoy the story as she tells the things she’s overcome and her absolute determination to focus on yoga and make it the heartbeat of not only her life, but also to bring it to others.
This week we are making a donation to the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital in Denise's name.
Please enjoy this show about another powerful, passionate and purposeful woman in the lineage of yoga. Thank you Denise for joining us and we look forward to bringing you more of these stories.
BK released his first yoga series on the Hidden Pearls app and it was inspired and guided by his training at Blissful Spirits. Take advantage of our 7 day free trail and practice with him here - BK's Warrior Series.
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Denise's FREE Yoga Class: https://youtu.be/u8NeQQ6AK7Q
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We're kicking off Bruce's Mindful Parenting series with Adam Skolnick. Adam was on the podcast last year in episode 126 and is a Lonely Planet and New York Times author, co-author of two books with David Goggins, and co-host with Rich Roll in their “Roll On” podcast series. He is also a free diver and open water swimmer who loves the oceans as well as butterflies.
In this series of Mindful Parenting shows, Bruce will be expanding on the concepts of his monthly series on the Hidden Pearls Studio app, where he looks at different aspects of parenting, with tips and pointers on how to incorporate mindful parenting into daily life with kids and family. In these podcasts, he will be looking at the lessons different celebrity fathers have learned while parenting, looking at the obstacles and ways to overcome the challenges we all face in parenting.
In this episode Adam shares some of the strategies and ways in which their family has divided roles and responsibilities, how in facing some of these challenges they have addressed and overcome, and the ways in which he has worked to incorporate mindfulness into their daily lives. Join us for some great insights about parenting, mindfulness, and living a joy filled life in the present moment. We also get into his work saving sea turtles and developing a butterfly garden!
BK's Mindful Parenting Series - https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com/programs/mindful-parenting-eqozdf6jyho
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In 2019, the year before we started Hidden Pearls Podcast, I (Emma) was living in Albuquerque, NM. Being so far away from home, I started looking for connections in yoga studios. After my first class at Blissful Spirits, I was hooked and knew I wanted to be part of it. I was only in ABQ a few months after I started teaching but enjoyed every opportunity to teach at practice at their beautiful studios.
A huge reason for my appreciation and draw to the studio was connecting with the owner and founder, Melanie St. Georges. Her authenticity and ability to meet anyone exactly where they are still sticks with me. And her magical Yin Yoga classes!
Fast forward to spring 2024, our very own BRUCE KITTLE, started his Yoga Teacher Training journey with Blissful Spirits!!! The full circle energy of these connections is still magically unfolding for all of us, but needless to say BK is loving every moment of his blissful journey.
Melanie began her Yoga practice in her mid-forties while she owned a bar in ABQ and became a Yoga teacher 13 years ago. She received her 500-Hour ERYT in Barkan method of Hot Yoga with Jimmy Barkan, she has taken 4 trainings and many workshops with Kelly Green and the Empower Movement Shift Series, and she has two additional Yin Yoga trainings that have greatly influenced her own practice and how she teaches. Blissful Spirits now has 3 locations and has been offering Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2017 with Melanie's partner Denise Gonzales (who will be on HP episode 222!). As she enters into her sixties Melanie has slowed down her teaching style and tries to make classes that work for everyBODY and every age.
Melanie does so much to support the ABQ community and is especially connected to the nonprofit organization A Light in the Night Community Outreach. They are seeking to improve the health, safety, and well-being of the men, women, and children of Albuquerque's homeless community. We are honored to make a donation to the organization in Melanie's name and support their work. You can learn more about them here - A Light in the Night Community Outreach.
We truly can't recommend any of the Blissful Spirits studios enough. There are classes and offerings for everyBODY and you can drop in and take a class for only $10. You can learn more about the studios and see the class schedules here - Blissful Spirits Hot Yoga. Go take a yin yoga class with Melanie!
This month BK released his first yoga series on the Hidden Pearls app and it was inspired and guided by his training at Blissful Spirits. Take advantage of our 7 day free trail and practice with him here - BK's Warrior Series.
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As we quickly approach the halfway point of 2024, let's take a deep breath and pause.
The 6th month of a 6-year cycle invites us to take inventory of where our focus has been and whether or not it is on track with where we want to end 2024.
This month on HPS, we are exploring all things focus and intention. We're excited to share movement, meditation, and mindfulness practices to help you clear any stale energy, self-doubts, or karmic loops that are keeping you from showing up as the most aligned version of yourself.
This month, BK released his FIRST-EVER yoga classes! In this 4-part series, BK takes you through an introduction to the Warrior series and how to make it accessible for everyBODY.
On this month’s podcast, we are excited to welcome Melanie St. Georges and Denise Gonzales as part of our “Women In Yoga” series. They are the heartbeats of Blissful Spirits Yoga and are responsible for mentoring BK in his 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Our friend Adam Skolnick will be back on the podcast to kick off our first Mindful Parenting interview.
Thanks for tuning in!
You can explore a 7 day free trial here: hiddenpearlsstudio.com
And if you have any requests or questions about BK's Mindful Parenting series, please use this form: https://forms.gle/ypjGk6xB33SQkV6W7
We'll see you in the studio!
Emma & Bruce
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Hello Hidden Pearls Fam!
What a year it has been so far. We hope you all are well and staying present for all of the magic that is moving around us. This year has already brought some of our highest highs and our hardest lessons. It has asked us to spend a lot of time looking inward and has offered opportunities for us to shift our perspective and priorities.
All in all, it has left us feeling so grateful for our community and so aligned with the work we are creating in Hidden Pearls Studio.
How WILD that we are already in May. So many months away from the Super Bowl and already so many months closer to the start of a new season.
Our intention with this episode is to share the practices and tools we are both using to stay present and awake with all that is moving around us. For those of you who are already on HPS and working through the classes with us - thank you for your support! And for those of you who have yet to give it a try, this episode shares insight into how the classes are structured and organized and why we are creating this content now.
You can explore a 7 day free trial here: hiddenpearlsstudio.com
And if you have any requests or questions about BK's Mindful Parenting series, please use this form: https://forms.gle/ypjGk6xB33SQkV6W7
We'll see you in the studio!
Emma & Bruce
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Starting in February, all new Mindful Mondays will only be available on Hidden Pearls Studio.
Hidden Pearls Studiohas two limited time offers right now:
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GK HPP WK 20 POST-WILDCARD WEEKEND & NINER BYE WEEK / 2023 – We enter week 20 following an exciting lineup of games over the “Wildcard Weekend”. The playoff bracket is filled out for the Divisional Round this weekend, and after resting for a week the Niners spent this week preparing to host the 7th Seed Packers after they demolished the Cowboys on the road (48-32 - and it was not even that close!). Packers looked good and owned the game from start to finish. Another disappointing end of season for the Cowboys (sorry Micha, laugh now - cry later I guess?), but we shall not feel a twinge of pain for them as we look to this most important game as playoff football comes back to Levi’s on Saturday!! It is now win or go home and Niners are right where they want to be. !2 Seed, homefield through playoffs, and a healthy and loaded roster. Pull up a chair and a favorite beverage as we review the playoff bracket, the road to the Superbowl, and the Niners game against the Packers!!
Starting in February, all new Mindful Mondays will only be available on Hidden Pearls Studio.
Hidden Pearls Studio has two limited time offers right now:
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Check out HiddenPearlsPodcast.com or our Mindful Monday playlist for more stories and mindfulness practices.
Starting in February, all new Mindful Mondays will only be available on Hidden Pearls Studio.
Hidden Pearls Studiohas two limited time offers right now:
☆ The first 100 members who join HPS with an annual membership get $100 off their membership for life! Click here and use code: FIRST100 to claim.
☆ Limited Time Offer for our HP Podcast People: Use code HPPodcast when you sign up for a monthly membership to get your first month FREE. Click here to claim.
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☆ The first 100 members who join HPS with an annual membership get $100 off their membership for life! Go through the website and use code: FIRST100 to claim! ☆
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GK HPP WK 18 / GAME 17 2023 (vs RAMS in Levi’s) – HAPPY NEW YEAR again and what a happy new year it has been!! We now enter week 18, the last week of the regular season in the NFL, and while a lot of teams are still battling it out to secure their spot in the playoffs, the #1 seeds in both the NFC and AFC have been decided. The 13-3 Ravens locked up the AFC with a dominant win over the Dolphins (56-19). But more importantly for us, with the Eagles loss at home to the Cards (31-35) (thank you Kyler Murry and crew!!), along with the Niners’ road win at Washington (27-10), the Niners have locked up the NFC #1 seed and a first week bye when playoffs begin!! Congrats to all the coaches and players for fighting and scratching their way through another grueling season to put themselves in the driver’s seat in the NFC, with the road to the Super Bowl in the NFC now going through Levi’s!! Pull up a seat as we review the amazing exploits of the Niners and look at the overall playoff picture and this week’s final regular season game against the Rams, where we started Division play oh so many weeks ago!! - STAT DAD
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Episode 209
The last episode of 2023!
GK HPP WK 17 / GAME 16 2023 (vs RAVENS-MNF) – Week 17 with 2 games left in the regular season and everything is still up for play. Niners dropped tough one to the Ravens on Christmas Day but still control their own destiny. With wins in the last two games they will secure the #1 seed in the NFC and be guaranteed home field throughout the playoffs along with a bye week before their first playoff game. But as is the norm in the NFL, LOT OF BALL YET TO PLAY!! One game at a time and now complete focus is on the travel to DC for game against the 4-11 Commanders. As we know, you gotta show up each week and ball out in order to get a win, which is exactly what the Niners will be doing this week with a long flight on a short week after playing on Monday night. But this is what Championship runs are all about, if it was easy anybody could do it. But it isn’t and each year only 1 team holds the trophy. So buckle up and join us as we preview the trip to DC and this game against the Commanders.
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Foundation of the Week: Second Harvest Silicon Valley and Middle TN
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Second Harvest’s mission is to provide food to people facing hunger and work to advance hunger solutions.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS HIDDEN PEARLS FAM!!!!
GK HPP WK 16 / GAME 15 2023 (vs RAVENS-MNF) – Races in the AFC and NFC are tightening up and with 3 games left EVERY GAME MATTERS to see who’s in-who’s out and who will get the #1 seed and the coveted bye week going into the playoffs. Two weeks ago Cowboys looked unbeatable as they whipped the Eagles but then this week stumbled hard in Buffalo losing 31-10. With the Eagles losing to Seattle on MNF and with Niners win in the desert over the Cards 45-29, Niners now have a solid 1 game lead over Detroit, Dallas, and Eagles, along with tiebreakers over Eagles and Dallas. This week the Niners will unwrap a special present on Christmas day with a big-time matchup against the AFC #1 seed Baltimore Ravens, who visit Levi’s Stadium to play the Niners on Christmas day in a thrilling MNF matchup. Better get your mind right and be ready to go because that will be a rocking- socking battle of 2 very good, and very physical, football teams. Join us as we review last week’s victory in the desert and preview Niners v Ravens. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! - Stat Dad
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Foundation of the Week: Tunnel To Towers Foundation https://t2t.org
Since 9/11, we have helped America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. We are also committed to eradicating veteran homelessness and helping America to Never Forget September 11, 2001. Since 2011 they have provided over 1000 mortgage free homes and in 2023alone, have done over 200.
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Welcome to Arizona Hidden Pearls Fam!!
GK HPP WK 15 / GAME 14 2023 (at CARDS-2) – The plot now thickens as it always does in December-January of the NFL season. Cowboys soundly defeated the Eagles to knock them out of #1 seed, and with the Niners WK 14 28-16 victory over the Seahawks, they now move into the #1 seed. But it is week 15 and LOT OF BALL YET TO PLAY and it ain’t over til its over!! It’s “every game matters” and still one week at a time so GET YOUR MIND RIGHT! This week Niners travel to the desert to take on the always scrapy Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murry is back and always a threat and nothing more they would love to do then to throw a wrench in the Niners’ season. Join us as we review last week’s victory and look at the Niner vs Cards matchup. - Stat Dad
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Foundation of the Week
Chris Long Foundation: https://chrislongfoundation.org
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Happy Holidays Hidden Pearls Fam!
Niners are back at home this weekend after traveling out east to Philly to take on the then 10-1 Eagles. After a slow start they went on 6 straight possessions for 6 straight TDs. Deebo had a huge day with 138 total yards on 4 receptions for 116 yards and 3 TDs. While he was talking some smack he was walking some jack and backed it all up! Shout out to Randy Moss who before the game called Deebo out for talking and not producing in last year’s NFC Championship game. What you say now Randy?? Brock was excellent again with no INTs and 4 TDs on 314 yards. Defense was great holding Eagles to just 46 yards rushing and limited Hurts to just 20 yards rushing on his scrambles, while adding 3 sacks. Coverage was amazing and repeatedly shut down the throwing game. Next up is NFC West rival Seahawks who are now 6-6 and have lost 4 of their last 5 games, including just 2 games ago to the Niners 31-13 in Seattle. With the Cowboys hosting the Eagles this weekend, the NFC #1 seed is up for grabs and every game counts.
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- WK 13 - 49ers vs Eagles with George Kittle, Emma & Bruce
GK HPP WK 13 / GAME 12 2023 (at EAGLES) – Niners are on the road again this week after traveling north to play the Seattle seahawks. While they made it look close in the 3rd quarter, Niners flexed and took care of business, earning the 31-13 win. Brock rose to the challenge again as did CMA and the entire offense. Defense rose up as well with 6 sacks and 2 turnovers. But all that is in the rearview mirror and old news as the eyes of the Niners have turned toward the east for their re-match with the NFC leading and #1 seed 10-1 Eagles. While their stats do not overwhelm you, they are simple a team with a lot of mojo and who keep finding ways to win. The last 2 weeks include wins over the Chiefs on the road and an OT win over the Bills. Niners will need to be at their best to take a “W” out of Philly and give them a chance to still earn the #1 seed in the NFC. Games in December determine Championship runs and HERE WE ARE!
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- WK 11 - 49ers vs Bucs with George Kittle, Emma & Bruce
Tune in for a holiday party with George, Emma and Bruce!
This week the family gets into the upcoming game agains the Buccs, GK's new sneaker game, our new app called Hidden Pearls Studio, and an incredible veteran gift.
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Hello Hidden Pearls Podcast Fam! This week the team is a little scattered so it's a sibling party with Emma & George.
Niners come out of their bye week rested, excited and ready to go. They also sport a new player in DE Chase Young, which is super fun. Now sitting at 5-3 in a tie with Seattle, the West is up for grabs and will be settled as it always is, on the field in the coming weeks. First up though is a cross country trip to the surging Jaguars, who are now 6-2 and riding a 5 game win streak after defeating the Steelers 20-10. They also are coming off of their bye week so we should have 2 exciting, motivated, and rested teams ready to go.
We have some very exciting news! 11/11 is the SOFT LAUNCH OF OUR APP!!!! Feels pretty amazing to finally say that. The Hidden Pearls Studio App is available for iOS, Android / Google Play, and iPad.
You can check out more of what the platform offers here: https://hiddenpearlsstudio.com
We recommend creating an account through the website and then downloading the app 🫶🏽
You'll find practices from Emma, Bruce and George on movement, meditation and mindfulness.
Thank you for all the information for our India Journey here: https://nandajourneys.wetravel.com/trips/india-mindfulness-and-cultural-journey-with-bruce-and-emma-kittle-nanda-journeys-delhi-division-31169708
Here is the link to the YouTube show for this episode: https://youtu.be/9vLsFswRLGI
Have a great weekend!
E, B & G
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COME TO INDIA WITH US!
Emma & Bruce are leading our FIRST EVER Hidden Pearls international journey to INDIA!!
March 16-30 (yes two full weeks)
Only 20 spots available.
Here is the sign up link:
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There is a ton of information in the linked PDF's so keep scrolling and clicking around :)
While the 49ers are enjoying the bye week and getting some much needed R&R, we would like to introduce our Hidden Pearls tribe to Nicola Balmain and Pam Gibson MacDougall. Nicola is the founder of Nanda Journeys and Pam is the Emmy award winning Director of Marketing for Operation Freedom Paws.
On this journey we will explore the sights and sounds of India while also participating in mindful practices with Bruce and Emma to enhance your wellness journey! Participate in meaningful service and adventure while also supporting the impactful mission of 501(c)(3) nonprofit Operation Freedom Paws. Your journey of physical and mental well-being to India will empower OFP to support the physical and mental well-being of veterans, first responders, children, and other individuals with disabilities.
If you are interested in learning more you are welcome to reach out to us through hiddenpearlspodcast@gmail.com or info@nandajourneys.com.
You can learn more about OFP here - https://operationfreedompaws.org
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HPP 128 with Operation Freedom Paws:
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CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU IN INDIA!
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We got the fam together! Happy times when we can film the show in person :)
Niners return home to the friendly confines of Levi’s Stadium, after a tough couple weeks on the road leave them at 5-2. Sunday they host the 3-3 Bengals, who are riding a 2 game win streak and are 3-0 vs the Western Division NFC teams, having defeated the Rams, Cards, and Seattle already this season. Niners will try to get healthy, regroup after a tough loss against the Vikings last week 22-17, and get back into the win column before heading into their bye week. Great time to get back on track.
Emma is leading another Women of the Niners event on November 16 from 6-9pm at Levi’s stadium. WON is an amazing organization and if you come to the event you’ll get to practice yoga on Levi’s field, do a Q&A with Emma and Bruce, be entered to win different prizes (such as a signed GK jersey!), and get a special discount code for our new app launching on November 11!!
If you’ve ever wanted to visit India, Emma and Bruce are leading the first ever Hidden Pearls Journey to INDIA in March! You can find all the information here >> https://bit.ly/KITTLEOFPINDIA << the website is live and registration is open!
This journey is to raise resources for Operation Freedom Paws https://operationfreedompaws.org/ . You can read all about the adventure we are going to have in the link above!
Last week our charity of the week was Next Door Solutions and this week we are donating to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.
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Thank you for listening and supporting our show!!
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Welcome to 5-0 Niners fans!!! And all other Hidden Pearls fans! Wow do we love October. What a way to celebrate GK turning 30 and EKP's birthday coming up next week.
Another big Niner win, this time a royal romp over the Dallas Cowboys 42-10, pushing the Niners to 5-0. George was on fire scoring 3 TD’s, the first in his career, as was the Super Cyclone Brock Purdy, who went 17-24 with 4 TD passes and 252 yards, AND maybe most impressive, no INTs. Brock now has the #1 QB passer rating in the NFL. Kyle Juszczyk also had a receiving TD, and CMC and Mason each had a rushing TD (pushing CMC TD game record to 15??). Niner D showed up big once again, holding Dallas to 4/11 on 3rd downs, total yards of 197 with just 57 yards rushing. Dak was under pressure all night (sacked 4 times and multiple pressures and hits) and threw 3 INT’s, with Gibson, Werner, and Burks all getting in on the action.
This week off to visit the browns who sit at 2-2 and were off last week. Reports have it that DeSean Watson will not play but believe that when we see it. Offense is 5th in rushing at 144 pg. Myles Gerrett (leads NFL in sacks with 5.5) is waiting along with the 2nd best rush defense in the league (72 yrds pg) and 1st best pass defense in the league allowing only 125 yards passing pg. Very strong up front and at the corners and safety. With the Browns having a weeks rest and Niners traveling cross country, this will be a big test playing the Browns in the Dog Pound!
This week our financial donation and 4 football tickets are going to our good friends at Merving Vets & Players. We have told a lot of their stories over the last few season and are so grateful for the relationships we have built within the community.
Special shoutout to everyone who gets on our Monthly Mindfulness classes! FREE to all MVP members and their families??**
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Make sure to check out GK's new line with Chubbies! What a fun and epic shoot with Pentagon Jr. You can use this link to snag some yourself: https://www.chubbiesshorts.com
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of the Hidden Pearls Podcast! We are so grateful for all of you and excited to see where this season takes us!
Emma, Bruce & George
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It's Cowboys week, Hidden Pearls Podcast family!! We are so excited to be taking the field for Sunday Night Football under the beautiful lights of Levi's. And we are also so excited that Emma is home from Japan and will be in attendance.
George and the Niners roll into WK 5 at 4-0 with another convincing win, this time over the pesky Cardinals 35-16. It was a dominant performance on both sides of the ball and we know we will have a fully loaded and ready to go Dallas squad at Levi’s on Sunday. This is why you play the game and this will be a great test of who we are as a team. LET’S GO!!
Our financial donation and 49ers tickets are going to Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Foundation. The 4 tickets are going to Cristal, a 25 year law enforcement veteran, and her 2 sons & daughter who is an active USAF back from deployment.
Please visit their website for more information or to get involved! https://www.wllef.org
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Thank you for listening! Bang Bang GO NINERS!
E, B & G
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If you didn't know that Emma & George grew up on Pokemon... you do now. Join our Kittle crew for what feels like a family hour. We bounce around from GK's football fashion, EKP's funny stories from Japan, and BK shares a hilarious guided relaxation.
It is an exciting week in the Kittle family as Emma has started her journey back to the states! And GK is getting ready for another home game at Levi's.
We are happy to be back in the bay after the home opener against the NY Giants last Thursday night, where our 49ers won convincingly 30-12. Debo was a big factor with 6 receptions for 129 yards and 1 TD. Brock had another great outing with no turnovers and 310 yards passing and 2 TDs, finishing with a QB rating of 113. CMC added another 85 yards with relief from Mitchell adding another 42 yards. GK was very active in second half, ending with 7 receptions for 90 yards. Welcome home GK!! This all sets up this week's NFC West Divisional matchup vs our friends from phoenix the Arizona Cardinals, who surprised everyone last week with an upset win over the Cowboys 28-16.
This week we are sending members of Operation Surf https://operationsurf.org to the football game. You can learn more about their mission and how they are helping veterans by channeling the healing powers of the ocean to restore hope, renew purpose, and revitalize community.
https://operationsurf.org
We interviewed Operation Surf in episode 94 of our podcast and popped a HP tent for their Surfathon where Emma taught a little yoga and breathwork on the beach! Here is the link to the show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCfpp6NKiI&t=4108s
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Week 3 is taking us home to Levi's Stadium!
In this episode we celebrate with George on breaking the franchise record of being the fastest 49er to reach 400 career receptions. Very grateful and excited about this achievement. GK shares insight on what it means to him and other favorite games he has played.
At the end of the show we answer your #AskGeorge questions and have a guest appearance from Jan, Claire and Cody.
We are excited to be hosting 4 veteran members of Operation Freedom Paws to the 49ers game this week.
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IT'S RAMS WEEK GET YOUR MIND RIGHT!!!!!
George and the Niners are back in Cali this week but travel to LA for another game with the Rams at Levi’s South!! This following a very impressive and solid victory on the road last week vs the Steelers 30-7. Defense showed up big allowing only 41 yards rushing to the Steelers offense and came away with 5 sacks, 3 by defensive end Drake Jackson. Brock Purdy and the crew on offense dismantled the vaunted Steeler defense from beginning to end. Now looking to get their first win in their division against a surprising Rams team, who are returning home after a road victory at Seattle.
All is setting up for another exciting game in this intense rivalry. Join us as we review the game in Pittsburg and keys games from last week across rest of the league, and preview the Niners game vs the Rams.
Thanks for listening!
E, G & B
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Tight End University's first ever Player of the Year Award goes to.... Travis Kelce!!!
Travis has always been larger than life in the Tight End world. It was an honor to host him at George's barn for this show. We filmed this episode a few weeks after TEU so it was really great to reflect on how special year 3 was for everyone involved.
In this episode you'll hear about Travis' story of finding freedom through football, brotherly love, and trust with Andy Reid in Kansas City's system. We get into what it was like growing up in the Kelce household with his brother Jason, and how Travis has navigated staying true to himself through this different stages of his career.
The power of the Kelce brother's love is showcased in their podcast New Heights and was on display for the world to see in this year's Super Bowl. Through his family's love and support, Travis has developed into a football powerhouse that is rewriting the game.
We hope you enjoy the show!
Emma & Bruce
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This week on the podcast, Emma & Bruce sit down with recording artist Trevor Hall.
Our family has spent a lot of time with Trevor's music playing through moments of our lives so it was a really special experience to connect with him in a different way.
Trevor's new record, The Great In-Between, drops September 15 and is his first completely self produced project. This conversation pulls at the threads of where he found his freedom and inspiration both musically and spiritually.
One of our favorite parts of the show is Trevor explaining how he relates to the energy of the muse. While some may see it as a switch that turns on and off, Trevor fully embodies the energy allowing it to move through him and guide him through transitions of both light, dark, and his new role as a father.
We hope you enjoy the show and are reminded to pause and allow space for the magic of the great in-between.
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This week on the show we have David Truesdale, who spent almost 28 years working for the Department of the Navy as a Special Agent in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Even though a “civilian” technically, he was involved in 2 deployments (Iraqi and Afghanistan) and lead troops in combat settings. Upon his retirement from the Department of the Navy, David was working to reintegrate back into “normal” life but was facing some difficulties. Through his contact with several veteran support groups, and yoga (his wife had been a long-time yoga instructor), he found his way to healing.
As David explains in the show, a big part of his journey has been yoga, mindfulness, and meditation. With the support and urging from his wife, he eventually became certified in several modalities and is now a Certified Warrior Yoga Teacher (C-WYT), a Warriors at Ease (WAE) Certified Teacher, and a Level 2 Integrative Restoration (iRest) Meditation Teacher. He is also a member of the Save a Warrior (SAW) Cohort 063 and is a founder and Board member (along with his wife) of the Warrior Spirit Project (WSP), a non-profit that provides free trauma informed yoga and meditation instruction to veterans and first responders. He is also a member of the Dallas Chapter of MVP. We know you will enjoy this one. Thank you David for being on the show!
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Happy Thursday HPP Family!!
The team went full throttle in July and recorded 5 shows. We loved all of them as we had football star Travis Kelce, recording artist Trevor Hall, author and Gulf War veteran Bob Taylor on talking about his new book “From Service to Success”. These are all great shows and we know you will love listening to them. We will be releasing these shows throughout August leading up to our NFL pre-season show with George the first week of September. This NFL HPP season is lining up to be very special.
Of all of the shows we have recorded we chose to open the month of August with Yanti Amos, the Yogi-Ninja. Yanti and her story cross over so many interests and story lines that we believe everyone will enjoy it. Born in Australia to Indonesian parents, Yanti eventually became an international business lawyer working globally from countries in Asia as well as Europe. She was successful, making money, and thought she was living the life of her dreams.
But a funny thing happened along the way. She woke up, literally. She was involved in an accident that left her laid up and forced her to take time off from work. In the space this provided she realized this was not the life she wanted and she was not the person she wanted to be. She left the practice of law and based on yoga sessions she experienced during her rehab, she got certified as a yoga instructor and within 6 years opened her own yoga studio in New York.
From there the story takes some additional twists and turns eventually leading her to a black belt in karate, selling the studio, and then working fulltime with her husband in teaching Karate all over the world (as well as yoga through the Warrior Flow School). Please enjoy her humor, her wit, her resiliency, and her passion. Side note, in 2018 George and Bruce were in New York and attended a yoga class at Yanti’s hot yoga studio!! Small world indeed.
Enjoy the show and let’s get pumped up for the 2023-24 NFL season!!
Emma & Bruce
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Hello HPP Fam!!
We decided to sit down and give y'all a quick update on what's been going on over the summer. Lots of adventures, road trips, love, workouts and time with family and fluffs.
We have some exciting shows already recorded and ready for launch. Our new schedule will be dropping HPP episodes on Thursdays, and #MindfulMonday shows@on Tuesday. Just kidding they’re still on Monday’s 😜
Wish us luck as we head into the football season!!
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Lots of love!
Emma & Bruce
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Niners take Seattle out for third time this season with a strong 2nd half winning 42-17. Now at 11 in a row and set to play Cowboys on Sunday in Levis Stadium. House will be rocking as the fans crushed it last Saturday, especially in 2nd half. Multiple illegal procedure penalties by Seattle and LOUD, LOUD, LOUD! Thank you Niner fans and Levis, it was magical. Let’s do it AGAIN!
It is still win or go home but win this and we are back in the NFC Championship game. This is what it is all about and what the team has been working towards all year. It is hard to do but it is exactly what this organization has always been about, as well as this group of players – WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS!! Strap it up and let’s go!
George was able to join Emma and I this week, so we dissect the Seattle game a bit, he tells me I have too many stats (but I read them anyway) and we look at AFC games, Eagles vs Giants, and then the Cowboys. We talk a bit of WWE and his friend Bayley who sported his jersey into the RAW ring last week and is a huge Niner fan.
Emma and George talk “Recipes for Wellness” with a closer look at the importance of sleep and some tips for maximizing your own sleep. We close with a review of some of the special “Hidden Pearls” we each have experienced of late. A lot of great people out there doing great things and remember, even the smallest thing can be a big thing if done with the right heart, spirit, and love.
Let’s keep working together to find ways to create the communities we all want and need. Together we can make a difference!! Create the world you want by living it out! Love, peace, and kindness!!
With love,
Emma & Bruce
PS: Look for more info on Recipes for Wellness coming soon!
Niners win again, (10 in a row!), defeating Cards 38-13 to secure 2nd seed in the NFC and a Wild Card weekend home game vs our close friends from the north, the Seattle Seahawks, who come in as the 7th seed after an OT win over the Rams. All good in our win vs the Cards, we moved the ball well especially in the 2nd half and with the score was able to rest some people in the 4th quarter. This is the first time in years the Niners have swept the entire Western Division. Mr. Bosa gets another sack to finish the year with 18.5, and all systems are go for this weekend in the 1st round of the playoffs.
Now it is win or go home, and 3 games to the NFC Championship game, and 4 to win it all in the Super Bowl. This is what it is all about and what the team has been working towards all year. It is so hard to do and we will spend time in appreciation of the accomplishments of this season with an eye to the challenges that lie ahead. But this is what this organization is always about – CHAMPIONSHIPS!! Excited and ready to. Secure the hatches and let’s go get it!!
This week Emma and I talk through the 2023 All Pro team (congrats to all who were named including 4 from the Niners on the 1st team (Bosa, Hufanga, Trent Williams, and Fred), and 2 Niners on the 2nd team (son George along with special teams player George Odum!!). Very happy for all of them and well deserved. We also review the playoffs, the best matchups and likely next games, and take a look at Seattle and the issues with defeating a team 3 times in 1 year (NOT!!)!
We also introduce a HPP exclusive release of Emma’s “Recipes for Wellness.” This is an offering she/we have been working on over the past year. RFW will bring together a multitude of concepts around wellness, including mental health, nutrition, movement, sleep, hydration and more. Our goal is to help you optimize your life in 2023 to become the very best version of you! Look for more on our website as well as upcoming shows where we will be breaking it all down and making it easy to start to make the changes in your life you want to see. Together let’s make 2023 our best. Year yet!!
Another NFL regular season is in the books, and we are on to the playoffs. Grateful to all for the support and love. Let’s keep working together to find ways to create the communities we all want and need. Together we can make a difference!! Love, peace, and kindness!!
With love,
Emma & Bruce
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Niners win in a tough one over a spirited Raiders team, in overtime, in Las Vegas, on New Year’s Day!! WOW! Not perfect by any means but it’s not always perfect and it doesn’t have to be. You never get style points, only matters if it is a win or not, and this one was and now Niners riding a 9-game win streak. Close out regular season holding the 2nd seed with a possibility of earning a bye and the #1 seed if Eagles would fall to Giants. Seems unlikely but it is the NFL and ANYONE, can beat ANYONE on ANY given Sunday. Let’s play it and see what happens. A bye would be nice!
We close out the HPP regular season this week with a person who has become a mentor and good friend of mine, Ralph Steele. Ralph is a licensed therapist, Vietnam veteran, and a meditation teacher grounded in the Buddhist tradition, with a specialty in working with trauma. He has been teaching meditation and leading retreats since 1987 and is the Guiding Teacher at the Life Transitions Meditation Center in Santa Fe, NM. Some of you who participate in our MVP mindfulness courses will recognize him as one of our co-instructors.
Ralph spent his early years in South Carolina where his father was killed in the early 50’s by Klan members when he was 4 years old. He and his mom made their way to Japan where he attended high school. This is where he was introduced to meditation and martial arts. After graduation he enlisted in the US Army at the height of the Vietnam War. He spent 18 months deployed serving as a door gunner on a helicopter. His experiences in the Army, in combat and with the Army itself, are very powerful, as are his stories on how mindfulness and meditation helped him.
After the Army he went to school earning a BA in Humanistic Psychology and an MA in Family therapy. He ran a meditation-based trauma clinic for 32+ years, and in there he left and spent a year training and serving as a monk in the Buddhist monasteries in Burma and Thailand. He wrote a book entitled Tending the Fire: Through War and the Path of Meditation. He later began breaking the race barrier in US meditation circles leading retreats for people of color. His most recent project is a 3-day meditation retreat exclusively for veterans to be held in Albuquerque NM in October of 2023. More on that to be released soon.
Thank you to all of you for your support over the past year(s). We really appreciate it. We are excited to be sharing these conversations with veterans and the organizations that support them. We will continue to offer support through meditation and mindfulness courses and invite all of you to enter 2023 mindful and being present in the moment, choosing each day who you want to be and how you want to show up. Together we can do anything!! Love, peace, and kindness!!
With love,
Emma & Bruce
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Niners win again, defeating the Commanders and now on 8-game win streak. Heading off to Las Vegas to unite up again with our good friends the RAIDERS!! First trip there for the Niners and sitting at 11-4, West Division Champs, and guaranteed at least the 3rd seed in the NFC, now playing to finish strong and possibly take over the 2nd seed if Vikings should stumble. Raiders have had their struggles and sit at 6-9 after a tough loss to Steelers on MNF. No rest for the weary and Niners come in hot, strong, and rolling.
With Niners’ trip to Las Vegas this week we thought it appropriate to get a Las Vegas native and resident, and we are super proud and excited to have on as our guest Marine veteran and Las Vegas MVP Huddle Program Coordinator Bruno Moya. His is a powerful story of service, loss, struggle, a commitment to life-long learning, and the power of experiential connection and forgiveness, and family. He is a big believer in healing the self and believes it all begins with learning how to love yourself. He is finishing a PhD program to extend his MSW into the areas of shamanic healing, and has some new perspectives to share that we know you will really enjoy.
The New Year approaches and we wish all of you the best over this holiday weekend and into the coming year. We hope you can be with the ones you love and who hold you up and support you the most. Let all of us in this new year pay homage to our roots, those who have helped and supported us, and have sacrificed for us. Share our gratitude and love for this life, this world, and each other in all we do. We offer our love and support to all of you and thank you for your love and support of the Hidden Pearls Podcast!!
Happy New Year!! With love,
Emma & Bruce
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Niners continue to roll and now on a 7-game win streak after taking the show up to Seattle and putting it on the Seahawks to clinch the Western Division Title! Brock Purdy continued to roll as did the Niner’s top ranked defense. Three games left as we fight for the 2nd seed in the NFC and some home field games. Just keep playing Niner ball and this will be a special Holiday Season indeed!!
For our “Christmas/Holiday” show we deliberately picked Operation Freedom Paws, a non-profit organization serving veterans through paring and training them with rescued service dogs. Nothing says happy holidays like rescued dogs matched with veterans, and trained as service dogs. This is an amazing feel-good story about this dog and vet-friendly non-profit located in San Martin, CA.
OFP was founded by Mary Cortani, an Army and Vietnam era veteran, who is a certified Army Master Instructor of Canine Education and an American Kennel Club Certified Canine Good Citizen© Evaluator. Mary serves as the OFP President and Executive Director of Operations. Mary started OFP in 2010 after she was contacted by a vet who was facing a 1-year wait period to be matched with a service dog. After looking into it Mary found the need was immense and she in turn answered the call.
Why match veterans with service dogs you might ask. Well, simply because dogs are amazing and when properly matched and well trained, they can read their veterans and help alert them and protect them and assist them in navigating the perils and challenges of living life with PTSD (and a variety of other mental and/or physical challenges). OFP not only rescues all their dogs, they also then train the veterans to train the dogs through a lengthy and detailed training program. The match and bonding that takes place makes all the difference and the results are amazing.
You will hear Mary’s story along with 2 of their veterans who have gone through the program and live with their own OFP service dogs. We met them and their pups and honestly it was all so amazing the difference these dogs make in the lives of these veterans. We know you will enjoy the show and encourage you to check them out and consider supporting them.
Happy Holidays!! Wherever you are and whoever you are with, we wish you the very best and most wonderful of times. Take care of yourself, set limits, say no if needed and yes only if you want to. Stay connected and remember you are not alone!!
Love, peace, gratitude, and grace, for you and all your tribe this holiday season.
Bruce & Emma
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Niners whooped up Tom Brady and the Bucs. This week off to Seattle for a Thursday Night showdown, playing the Seahawks with a chance to clinch the Western Division title. Six in a row and building. Let’s get it done!!
This week we are super excited to have Adam Skolnick on the show. Adam is a journalist and author, and most recently finished his second book as ghostwriter with David Goggins on his newest release “Never Finished” (which just came out December 6). They previously collaborated on David’s first book “Can’t Hurt Me”, a hugely successful best-seller. If you do not know David, he is a former Navy Seal and ultra-successful, ultra-endurance runner and athlete. Both books are a guided master’s course on mindset, mental toughness, and mental prep. Many of you might also know Adam as co-host of the “Roll-On” series on the Rich Roll podcast.
In this episode Adam shares his story on finding his way as a writer and the struggles he faced along the way. Great insights into the writing process and surviving as a writer. We also look in depth at working with David Goggins, how they created the space for this second book, and what it looks like for a writer to “get out of the way” in telling a story. Inspiring, informative, and a lot of fun. We know you will really enjoy this episode. Thank you, Adam, for being with us!!
Happy December wherever you are and whoever you are with. We wish you the very best and most joyous of times. Recommend you check out Adam’s tips for surviving the holidays, shared in the podcast on the HPP IG site!!
Love, peace, gratitude, and grace, for you and all your tribe in this holiday season.
Bruce & Emma
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Niners faced down the Mike McDaniel led Miami Dolphins, and after fighting to a 17-10 half-time lead, came out and finished the deal with a 33-17 victory. Niners sitting 8-4 and riding a 5-game win streak. While a great team win, we appear to have lost QB Jimmy G to a season ending injury. Playing top-flight football and arguably his best season ever, it was so painful to see him carted off and then to hear of his injury. By all accounts he is done for the season. Our thoughts and support go out to him and his family.
Just a reality of the football world we live in where injuries are part of the game and things for players, coaches, and teams, can change in the blink of an eye. Niners now reload with Brock Purdy at the helm, a former ISU standout (Iowa State) who played at an amazingly high level and executed the offense well enough to lead us to a victory over a solid Saints team, supported by another massive and impressive effort by the Niners’ NFL leading defense (who also added a score of their own for good measure).
This week we complete our 3-game home stand playing Tom Brady and his Tamp Bay Bucs, who on MNF squeaked out a last second and hard-fought victory against those same Saints and come in at 6-6. Hopefully good for us as they will have a short week and have to fly cross-country to play us. Know our guys will be ready for them as every game matters in the fight to win the West and work our way up the playoff seeding ladder. Lots of ball yet to play and everything to keep fighting for.
This week we have a very special treat for you on HPP, as we host the NFL host with the most – Rich Eisen. Rich has been a good friend and supporter of George in his years in the NFL and is well known from his days at ESPN and now for the past 19 years the NFL Network. He is a 6-time Emmy nominated broadcaster, author (Total Access), and just all-around good guy.
In this show we talk all things Big Blue (Rich is die-hard and avid/rabid Michigan alum and fan of Big Blue Football), and we tackle some of our own Power Rankings as we get George and Rich’s top 5 Sports Broadcasters’ Birthday Parties they each would like to attend (good stories on Dan Patrick and Al Michaels!). We get inside stories on how Rich broke into the industry, hard lessons learned as he went from stand-up comedy to sports analyst, the early days at ESPN, and we hear a great Chris Berman story on the power of acceptance and welcome. Then Rich’s move to the NFL Network and the startup of the Rich Eisen Show. We close with the Run Rich Run story, his 40 yard-dash event at the combine and how that turned into a fundraiser for children’s’ cancer treatment and St Jude’s Hospital.
This is fun and story packed show and one that has insights and wisdom for the journey, as well as some laughter and appreciation for the great game that football is. Please enjoy!
Happy December wherever you are and whoever you are with. We wish you the very best and joyous of times. Encouragement for self-care, safety, and healthy boundaries. There is magic in this season, it just lies within each of us to find the clarity to see it, feel it, and be it. Reminder to ask for help if/when you need it, you are never alone. Peace, kindness, and grace.
Bruce
REMINDERS:
- It is OK TO NOT BE OK (and to tell someone!!) - YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
- It is OK TO ASK FOR HELP – that is why YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
- CANCER/ILLNESS SUCKS –YOU ARE NOT ALONE! – WE ARE THINKING OF YOU!
- HATE IS NOT OK – LET’S BUILD A SAFER, MORE JUST, AND MO
Niners win again13-0 over the Saints! Now at 7-4 and riding a 4-game win streak, on top of the NFC West with no losses in the division. Last Sunday we watched an unbelievable performance by Niner defense in a shut out of the Saints (which makes 4 straight games with 2nd half shutouts!). Terrific goal line stands with turnovers caused by hard hitting tackles and great team defense. Niner D is ranked #1 in NFL in every significant defensive category. Offense was a bit sluggish but got it done and give some credit to Saints defense who had both starting DE’s back in the lineup. This is always a very physical matchup and this game lived up to that mark as well.
This week we host the Miami Dolphins with our good friend and former run game coordinator Mike McDaniel at the helm. Miami enters WK 13 at 8-3 and tied for 1st in the AFC East with Buffalo and playing great football. Should be a great game as McDaniel and Kyle know each other very well (McDaniel started as an intern under Mike Shanahan in Denver back in 2005). Lot’s of scheming and planning going into this one as well as seeing some former Niner players who are now on the Miami roster, including WR Trent Sherfield, RB Raheem Mostert, and RB Jeff Wilson Jr. In addition, former Niners Tight Ends Coach John Embry is now on the staff at Miami. And you have QB Tua Tagovailoa, as well as former Chief’s standout WR Tyreek Hill to contend with. Should be a great matchup all over and I am excited to watch it all play out.
This week we have another great show for you as we sit down with Andy and Curtis Hayes (father and son) to tell the story of Ed Hayes (Andy’s father and Curtis’s grandfather). This story has a lot of overlap for us personally as Ed and the Hayes family all hail from Mt Pleasant Iowa in Henry County (SE Iowa), which is where George’s mom Jan and all her family are from. In addition, Ed graduated from the University of Iowa as an undergrad but also from the UI Law School (which I also graduated from). Helping us with the Iowa Connections is retired Army Colonel (and my brother-in-law) Pat Coen.
While all of that is cool enough, we offer it to you this week in honor and remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day, which is next week on December 7. The Pearl Harbor attack was on Dec 7, 1941, which was right smack in the middle of Ed’s first semester in law school at Iowa. As a result, Ed immediately was drafted, left law school, reported and shortly thereafter left on what would be a 4+ year deployment overseas as part of the WW II war effort. He was stationed in North Africa, and later in Italy after the front moved, attached to a MASH unit. Finally coming home in 1945 to marry the love of his life Cora.
You will hear of that journey as well as his lifelong tenure at Drake University Law School in Des Moines Iowa, where he served and taught until 1990 when he retired. This is a story of humility, engagement, sacrifice, loyalty, and service, which are all a common theme of that generation. I found this story inspiring and hopeful, as it connects us to each other in powerful ways, and affirms the need to always have a lookout for the welfare of our neighbor and the common good.
We also hear from Curtis (grandson to Ed) who is Command Sargent Major and served in the Army and was also the Recruiting Battalion commander in California who we have worked with for the past 2 years to help us bring more than 150 veterans to Niner games, both at Levis and on the road. He shares his journey into the military, lessons learned, deployments, and transitions home. He also explains how his grandfather Ed shaped and formed him, directly and indirectly through his father Andy. This is a great family military story and one I know you will enjoy.
Happy holidays as we enter into December. Encouragement to all of us to use self-care during these times, know that it is OK to say no and to set boundaries
Mexico City! Unbelievable and amazing, and a wonderful win by Niners who are back home for a 3-game home stand. They head into week 12 at 6-4 with a 3-game win streak. Now the 4th overall seed in NFC and #1 in the West. Yes, it's still early and lot of ball to play but sitting good and just need to take care of business. Which this week is the 4-7 Saints. Who can forget the 2019 game with them in New Orleans that was a back-and-forth slug fest with Niners coming out in the end to win 48-46. Incredible game and so much fun. This time Niners picked by 9 and we all hope it is more like last week with another beatdown.
This week we have a great show with MVP Clinical Director Suzi Landolphi. We have wanted to have Suzi on the show for a while but thought this week was most appropriate with the holidays upon us, which can be wonderful for many. But they can also be sad, difficult , and triggering for others. With our focus on mental health we wanted to talk about why the holidays can be so difficult and offer some practical suggestions that can help us through.
We talk Suzi’s up bringing and the lessons learned from her family, as well as the “legacy trauma” handed down to her by her family (which most of us have to some degree). We work through her many transitions (she is a “builder/creator’ rather than a “maintainer”), including sex educator and family therapist (being sued by Jerry Fallwell for speaking in high schools about safe and “hotter sex” and how that case made it to the Supreme Court and eventually opened the door for sex education in public schools.
We move through her transitions into Horse Equine Healing (getting trained and buying a ranch), her work in recovery and shifting the conversation from what’s wrong/broken with people to what has happened to us. Helping people realize that “We all get to heal, choose what happens now, and create the person we deserve to be and life we deserve to live.” A theme that fits right in with mindfulness, the notion of separation from our thoughts and emotions (thoughts are just thoughts and emotions just emotions – they are not us and do not define us). Staying curious and examining our feelings/thoughts, and then CHOOSING how we want to show up in life.
We close out looking at her work with veterans, creating the Warrior PATHH program (focusing on Post Traumatic GROWTH), and then eventually starting her work with MVP, and her new podcast “Be Crazy Well.” Many great insights in this one on healthy living, setting boundaries, reclaiming control over your life, and how to survive the holidays with family (WALK!).
Two thoughts as we close out. First, in this holiday season let us be kind to each other and with intention decide who you will see, for how long, and what those interactions will be like. Reminder to check in on whose rules you are following and if it is an old one given to you by someone from your past, get rid of it if in no longer serves you. And ask for help if you need it.
Second, we offer our support and deepest condolences to the family, friends, and community of those brutally shot down in Colorado at The Q nightclub, another mindless attack on the LGBTQ community. Singling people out on the basis of their sexual or gender orientation must stop. We stand proudly with the LGBTQ community and will do all we can to support them and the freedom to live in peace and without violence or oppression. We must stop hate. Happy holidays. Let’s lead with love and kindness.
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Niners head into week 11 at 5-4 riding a 2-game win streak with wins over the Rams and Chargers (Battle for LA – won by a team from The Bay??). Was a great win (every win in NFL is a great win!) and Niners are now poised to lock it in and get on a roll for the 2nd half of the season. One week at a time yes, but getting healthier each week, finding their groove on both sides of the ball, defense is the best in all of the NFL, and lots of tools on offense to work with. The future is ours to claim!! LET’S ROLL!!
Niners spent this week in Colorado at the Air Force Academy working out to adapt to the altitude of Mexico City and Estadio Azteca! This is the largest stadium in all of Mexico seating 87,522 and sits at an altitude of 7220 feet/2200 meters (Mile High Stadium in Denver sits at 5280’). Hopefully the cold weather they experienced will add to their preparation from working out this week at 6700’. No doubt altitude can be a thing so we will see how that all worked, as Cards simply stayed in Arizona. Will hope that is an advantage for us.
This week we are thrilled to have with us a good friend of the family and iconic “photographer of the stars” Brian Bowen Smith. You might ask us, what does a fancy-pancy photographer who has shot pictures of almost anyone and everyone in Hollywood has to do with football, mental performance, mindset, and successfully navigating transitions? That is a good question, but the answer is actually a hell of a lot. This story found its origin way back in 2020 in the midst of COVID lockdown when Brian drove his 1958 F-150 pickup cross country to take pictures of the U.S. during the midst of COVID. The pictures are all from inside the truck and were published in his book “DRIVEBYS”. Anyway, Jan hit him up and invited him to come through Nashville and he did, and our family picture made it into the book.
From there we have continued to be good friends with Brian and his family. We are also both involved in our favorite tequila (Casa Del Sol), for which Brian is the corporate artistic director. With the trip to Mexico City we though it prudent to include a story that talks about tequila. So we did and this is that story. Brian shares how he worked through photography to capture the heart and soul of not only the tequila itself, but also the people making the tequila. It is a work of love and spirit and one we really enjoyed telling.
This week with the holidays approaching let’s focus on accepting who we really are, inside within our heart and soul, and to finding the courage to embrace that and life that life out fully. Dropping the masks we wear to make others happy, the rules we follow given to us by others that are not out own. This holiday season let us offer grace, love, and forgiveness, for ourselves and others. But let’s do so without sacrificing who you TRULY are. Let us lead always with love, grace, and kindness.
Be safe. Happy holidays. Have a great week being uniquely you!! Bruce
REMINDERS:
- It is OK TO NOT BE OK (and to tell someone!!) - YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
- It is OK TO ASK FOR HELP – that is why YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
- CANCER/ILLNESS SUCKS –YOU ARE NOT ALONE! – WE ARE THINKING OF YOU!
Brian Bowen Smith
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IG: @brianbowensmith
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Niners indeed did bounce back in their last game, showing up big at Levi’s South once again (and thank you to all the many, many, many Niner fans who took over So-Fi stadium – WOW!), completely dominating the LA Rams (now 3-5) and took home a 31-14 win into their bye week. Many great performances, including Jimmy G (with an overall QB ranking right now of 16th and he also has the longest active streak of consecutive games with an 80+ Passer Rating with 17!); and of course, CMC who did the trifecta 3 TD performance; and the entire defense who really showed up in 2nd half. Was great to see defense shut them down like that and so good to see offense score points late to close it out. Great game and maybe best of all no injuries. Niners roll into this game at 4-4, playing surging 6-3 Chargers on Sunday Night Football!! Even though we won’t get the Bosa brothers together in this version (Joey is out for year with injury) we are set for a great game and for Niners to make yet another strong 2nd half run.
In honor of Veterans Day and the NFL Salute to Service game at Levi’s on Sunday night, we decided to limit our show to one segment and offer you a more extended interview with one of our favorite MVP veterans Jason Jarman. Jason is the Program Coordinator for the Seattle MVP Huddle and is in his second full year with MVP. Jason’s story has many twists and turns, like all our own stories, and certainly the stories of all our veterans. But his was an emotional, painful, and yet joyous and victorious experience, and we know that you will really enjoy it.
Jason’s story covers a wide range of topics including: (1) A lot about love and sustaining hope in the face of loss, (2) Not being OK, learning you are not OK, and then finally understanding that you can’t and shouldn’t try to go it alone (“We never would think of going into battle alone, why would we think we should deal with our trauma, PTSD, and substance abuse issues alone?”), (3) Returning to civilian life after deployment (“My body came home from Iraq but my mind stayed there for another 6 months.”), and (4) That for Jason, finding peace, growth, and healing comes through accountability built on honesty and vulnerability. As most consistent MVP Huddle members know, healing starts when we can “Acknowledge our own shit, own our own shit, and share our own shit.” Secrets in the dark lead to pain and struggle, secrets exposed are no longer secrets and once exposed/shared, they lose their power and allow for healing.
A shout out to all the Veterans out there, those who have served and those still serving. We are grateful each day for all you do and the many, many sacrifices you make on behalf of our country and each of us. THANK YOU! And it is with great honor that I am able to announce that the Niners have nominated George for the NFL’s 2022 Salute to Service Award. If you are interested in learning more please go to: https://www.nfl.com/causes/salute/nominees/2022/49ers
In gratitude for life, breath, health, friends, family, and football. Let us share ourselves with others to connect, heal, and grow. Let us meet at love, kindness, and service. Have a great week!! Bruce
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CANCER SUCKS –YOU ARE NOT ALONE! – WE ARE THINKING OF YOU!
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This HPP short is was filmed at the MVP / SweetBeau Retreat covered in HPP episode 115. Chris Palacios shares his experience in finding MVP and his new brotherhood that would help him find a new way of living and loving himself. Chris has a vision of owning a ranch someday so it was very special and exciting to see him interacting with the horses and getting ideas for his future.
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This HPP short is was filmed at the MVP / SweetBeau Retreat covered in HPP episode 115. Dylan Klumph played in the NFL and is now member of MVP. We had the pleasure of meeting him at an LA Huddle and also linking up again at the retreat. We love this interview as Dylan opens up about living in a very dominant power driven world and how being with the mustangs and learning gentling techniques has shown him how to be more gentle with humans and himself.
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Niners resting up this week after traveling to Levi’s south and beating the Rams 31-14. Great win for the Niners heading into the bye-week, which offers a much-needed rest and period of recovery as we head into the second half of the season. Sitting at 4-4 Niners control their destiny and if they indeed get 5-7 additional players back from injury and can continue the momentum from this win and high level of execution, especially in second half, then no limit to what we can do and we are in for a heck of run. Let’s go fellas, lock and load and get it done!
In this bye week we offer you a podcast we did this past summer where Emma and I, and Emma/George’s mom Jan, all participated in and recorded the process of an Equine Healing Workshop with a group of MVP veterans and athletes at the Sweetbeau Wild Mustang Horse Ranch in California. What then, you might ask, do veterans and former professional athletes, wild mustangs, round pens, and healing have to do with each other?? A lot as it turns out.
The answer to that starts with the wonderfully complex and intriguing story of Michael Soffel and Patricia Griffin-Soffel, who are the focus of this interview. In this podcast you will hear their story of an unexpected love (which involved some losses incurred by Michael betting with Patricia against the Niners), a passion for detail and excellence that led to a wildly successful business life and career, the development and eventual sale of their own start up, and a life-long love affair with horses, and their more recent focus on saving, protecting, training and placing wild mustangs.
You will hear their story of leading the largest ever single mustang rescue in the history of mustang rescues, the search for meaning following the sale of their business, the purchase of their horse ranch, their journey into wild mustangs, and the development of a training and placement protocol that has set the bar for all horse adoptions.
Sweetbeau Wild Mustang Ranch is a rescue ranch yes, but it is unlike most rescue facilities with their intense focus on horse protection and safety, training, training, and more training, and “forever” placements of these amazing and wild horses with people. From this mission, and actually as part of it, they have stepped into the creation of a “healing portal”, which has been the creation a space of healing for horses, people, veterans, and all who need to find peace, comfort, support and the honest and direct feedback from a wild mustang while you are in their round pen looking each other eye to eye. The intuition, energy, and connection these horses have with humans is so real there is no way to fake anything, and any effort to do so leads to exposure, revelation, and learning. All of it is wound up into a healing journey deep into one’s soul, where these amazing animals teach you more about yourself then you thought possible.
We know you will enjoy this interview, of passion, love, sharing, and healing. Be well and share the love!!
Bruce
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This is another #HPPshort filmed in LA for the MVP Huddle. This time we have West Coast Program Manager Sergio Cuevas sitting down with Emma & BK.
If you’re not a member already or know someone who could benefit from this tribe please direct them to vetsandplayers.org for more information! 💕
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We have Andi Ward back on the show!! This #HPPshort is a story we filmed when Emma & Bruce went to the @mergingvetsandplayers Huddle in LA. If you’re not a member already or know someone who could benefit from this tribe please direct them to vetsandplayers.org for more information! 💕
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Niners working to rebound from loss to Chiefs last week as they load up and travel down to our good friends in LA the RAMS!! Still down some players and needing the upcoming bye week to get healthy. But no rest for the weary as Niners face a Rams team also fighting for their playoff lives. Ram are sitting at 3-3 and coming off their bye week after a win over the Panthers 2 weeks ago. Before that Rams had lost back-to-back games to Dallas and Niners. Be a great test and opportunity to get to 500 and in the driver’s seat for the West. They will be fresh, hungry, and ready to go, playing at home. But Niners will travel as always so let’s get it done!
This week George and I get into some deep issues that I believe you will find interesting. We talk football including Niners, NFL, and Big 10 review, and then look at some mindset issues around re-set and how to overcome setbacks. We talk about the power of having a good friend and a safe space to be vulnerable and share what is going on in your life. George talks about the pressures of having to always be “on” and the reality that no one is ever 100% happy. The importance of knowing when you aren’t feeling 100% and having someone to go to and talk it out. That it is OK not to be OK and to reach out and share our concerns and connect with others. Let’s make this a normal way to work together on our mental health!
We close out with some talk on the baseball playoffs, and if there are issues with Eagles QB Jalen Hurts showing up at a press conference wearing his favorite baseball team’s colors (Houston) when Houston is playing his city’s team the Phillies in the playoffs? It’s like inviting a friend to your game and they come to see you but wear the opposing team jersey because that was their team growing up! WTF?? Loyalties and team colors. Let’s go.
In our MVP veteran interview we speak to 9-year Marine veteran Sergio Cuevas, who serves as the LA West MVP Huddle Program Coordinator. We talk enlistment, deployment, combat situations, and returning home. This interview really gets into the struggles and difficulties being in the military can place on families. Both while you are in the military and as you transition out. And what happens to someone when you end up losing both at the same time. Transitions are tough, and Sergio talks real about homelessness, fighting to see his kids, and struggling and fighting back to reclaim his life after feeling completely lost in the world and with nowhere to go.
We close with his own introduction to MVP and how the people and organization literally saved him by helping him get an apartment, reconnect with his kids, and get stable employment. Life in the gaps is not easy and all of us, at times, need someone to help
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Niners are back home after tough loss on the road at Atlanta. We knew that would be a very physical game as Falcons play same ball we like to and, on this day, did so better than we did. Lots of injuries on both sides of ball but defense down to just 2 original starters by end of the game. This week we hope to rebound, get some players back (Trent Williams and Nic Bosa!!) and get back to playing physical tough Niner football.
This week we start out with George and I sitting down with 14-year vet and 3x pro-bowler Greg Olsen. We have gotten to know Greg through his work with us on Tight End University (TEU). Now entering its 3rd year and will once again be hosted in Nashville again at Vanderbilt University. Last year we had around 85 tight ends in attendance and likely to be bigger this year.
We talk National Tight End Day and wonder if it is coincidence, providence, or something else that Travis and George play each other AND Greg is calling the game on FOX on this historic and sacred holiday?? We think not but will let you decide for yourself! Then more on TEU, Greg’s transition after leaving the NFL and into broadcasting, mental prep and mind set from football to calling a game, coaching his kids, and an update on his son TJ and his heart transplant. Super high energy guy with lots going on with, (including starting a new podcast platform!). Know you will enjoy getting caught up with Greg.
In honor of October and Cancer Awareness, as well as the NFL Crucial Catch cancer awareness effort, our interview this week is with Sarah Waul. George and Sarah have a long history as they first met when Sarah was about 8 years old, and George was a redshirt freshman at Iowa as he made a visit to her while she was involved with the University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital as a cancer patient. She survived that but a few years later was back and she and George (and Claire) reconnected as she went through treatment again.
Now 18 years old Sarah was diagnosed a 3rd time about 15 months ago and again listed as terminal (and was facing two different types of cancer this time including thyroid cancer). But never one to listen to anyone tell her what she can or can’t do, Sarah did treatment, had surgies, and as she visited us on this her Make-A-Wish trip to the Niners for a football game, now has reductions in all of her inflicted areas, is on the mend, and again has been taken off the terminal list. WOW!
No easy answers here and some hard story telling for Sarah and her mom and dad, but we learn about the power of believing in something beyond yourself, how faith can lift us up (and crush us at times), and how a family unites to pull together and bring energy, strength, and healing to Sarah and each other. All 6 of them are in town this week to visit the Niners and attend the Chiefs game, and we offer special thanks to Saya Lindsay and all the folks at the Niners who worked so hard to make this trip come together and be so special for Sara and her family.
Also want to mention the Women of the Niners event we attended Thursday night this week with at Levi’s Stadium!! This was a women’s health
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This week the Niners are in week 2 of their east coast swing and are off to Atlanta to face the Falcons after a week of solitude at the Greenbrier in West Virginia. In this show we open with a chat with George from the Greenbrier in his “green room” as we discuss the win over the Panthers, the upcoming game verses the Falcons, on goings in the NFL (including that every other team in the West lost last week!), issues on synthetic turf fields, concussion protocols, and the power and technique behind mental “resets” after emotional events.
This week I traveled to Atlanta early and joined the Atlanta MVP live Huddle on Wednesday night for a work out and Huddle session. My thanks to all the Atlanta MVP crew for their warm welcome and especially to Assistant Program Manager Brandy Powel who lead our workout and Huddle. A swim instructor, trainer, and fighter, she has wisdom beyond her years. We have a special segment with Brandy included in this episode so please look for that as well.
Our MVP Veteran interview is with Atlanta Program Manager Mark Zinno, a 28 year Army veteran, currently a Colonel in the National Guard. Mark shares insights on his military career (including two deployments), as well as his very active broadcasting/radio career. Mark also hosts and produces the “Hazard Ground Podcast”, which is about to hit its 300th episode. In HGP Mark interviews other veterans to tell their stories and share insights of the highs and lows of military service and the issues vets face on transitioning back to civilian life. As we talk about frequently, it is OK not to be OK, you are not alone, and it is OK to ask for help (that is why you are not alone!).
Mark shares his own journey with mental health issues, how he realized he was dealing with PTSD, and what it took for him to get help and the steps he has engaged since. Mark is also a strong proponent of positive and effective leadership, which he believes requires 3 primary elements: (1) Self-sacrifice, (2) Empathy, and (3) Putting people first. Mark explains lessons the military has taught him and how his mindset has changed and evolved over the years and how his military experiences have helped him make those mindset adjustments that have allowed him to see all aspects of life as opportunities for growth.
This is a high energy and intense conversation filled with passion and love. Mark has a strong commitment to the greater good and making the world a better place in all the small ways each of us can. Simply put, do your job as well as you can, and it all takes care of itself. Thank you Mark for sharing. I know all of you will enjoy this one.
REMINDERS:
It is OK TO NOT BE OK (and to tell someone!!); and YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
It is OK TO ASK FOR HELP – that is why YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
CANCER SUCKS – and YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
Peace, love, kindness, and healing. May we all be one and take care of one another.
Bruce
https://vetsandplayers.org
@mergingvetsandplayers
Mark Zinno
@markzinno
https://killcliff.com/blogs/warrior-stories/mark-zinno
Foundation: https://www.fdnyfoundation.org/donate/
Brandy Powell Hester
@brandy_the_beest (instagram)
Brandy Chris (Facebook)
Foundation: http://www.pertheskids.org/
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In this episode we go deep into an exploration about how a successful Executive Chef, with over 17 years in the food industry and who had achieved his own dream of owning a 5 Star restaurant, had an awakening while working with some kids in a local juvenile justice center teaching them how to make ice cream. How those kids, in their honesty and vulnerability connected with him (and one of them won a taste testing contest with their ice cream!) and inspired him to eventually sell his restaurant and create what is now Café Momentum.
Café Momentum’s mission is “to transform young lives by equipping our community’s most at-risk youth with life skills, education and employment opportunities to help them achieve their full potential. “There is no silver bullet that can course-correct decades of disinvestment, neglect, and marginalization. But, we can at least attempt to create a new system of support for our kids coming out of the justice system. We can create a place for them to land.” – Café Momentum Founder, Chad Houser.
Meet Chad Houser, Founder and Executive Chef of Café Momentum, who was often told when starting Café Momentum, that it was tantamount to “taking kids out of jail and teaching them to play with knives and fire.” Despite the resistance he faced when starting the program, Chad persevered and now has one of the most successful and impactful youth programs in America. Their main location is Dallas Texas, with new programs being started in Pittsburg and Nashville. And that is where we get into the story.
As many of you know, George offseasons in Nashville. In 2021 we got hooked up with the folks over at the Players Coalition, a social justice group made up of current and former NFL players working to “end social injustices and racial inequality so future generations have the opportunity to thrive without barriers.” Their key pillars include education, community relations, criminal justice, and economic justice. https://players-coalition.org/key-pillars. But long story short, they (thank you Dr. Chelsea Heyward!!) hooked us up with the Café Momentum program, which at the time was just expanding to Nashville.
In 2022 we continued that connection. After TEU in June 2022, we followed up with them through the Nashville program’s Executive Director Rokeisha Bryant, and George and Claire were able to support the Nashville program’s development with a $15,000 gift. With that, we knew we wanted to do a full podcast and here it is. This podcast includes a great conversation with Chad on all things Café Momentum as well as food, youth justice issues, mindset, and giving back to the community. We also have some time with Rokeisha, as she explains her work and the development of the Nashville program. Please enjoy the show as much as we did in recording it.
Below is more information on Café Momentum and what they do. However, before closing I feel compelled to include here our deepest sympathies for the kids, staff and families connected with the Nashville Café Momentum program. In May and again just recently in August, Café Momentum lost 2 youth who were participating in their program to murder. Our hearts and love go out to all of them as they deal with these losses. Let us support them in whatever ways we can, and also look more broadly to the issues our youth face today and seek out
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This week the Niners host the LA Rams in Levi’s Stadium on Monday Night Football. There really is nothing like the feeling of playing on national TV, under the lights, at home, on the grass, against a divisional rivalry, and have it play on Monday Night Football, the original new football time slot. I still remember when I was young and they started playing on Monday nights and people thought they were crazy. But they were not, and people loved it and now we also have Thursday Night Football. So here we go.
George and I sit down to review last week’s game (OUCH!), noting some lessons learned and where the Niiners go from here. Then we take a peek at the Rams along with our college and NFL review. We also talk puppies, recovery, finding “Hidden Pearls” (people and organizations doing good work), and talk wine and movies.
Our MVP veteran guest is Andi Ward. She is a Navy veteran with 2 deployments, a sex abuse survivor, a domestic abuse survivor, and someone who has successfully found sustained recovery and sobriety over alcohol and meth. This is a remarkable interview and a bit longer than our normal. But Andi has quite the story and has been through so much and has persevered, fought, struggled, got set back, relapsed, but never stopped climbing and moving toward the life she believed she could have and deserved.
Andi now serves as the Director of Training and Resources for MVP (creating trainings and offerings for the national staff) and is also a trainer/strength coach at the elite performance & MMA gym, Unbreakable Performance in West Hollywood (Jay Glazer’s gym and home of the Wednesday night in person MVP LA West Huddle). She is plenty busy but never too busy to lend a hand, sit and listen, and seek out new adventures to learn, grow, and serve others.
I found this an inspirational and empowering interview with some gold nuggets on recovery, surviving and overcoming sex abuse, transitioning into and out of the military, and how the body is such a powerful tool in recovering from trauma. Lessons learned on how to rebuild trust in yourself, and then eventually with others. For Andi trust is a cornerstone to the recovery and healing process. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed sitting in on it. Thank you Andi!
REMINDER: It is OK TO NOT BE OK (and to tell someone!!); and YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
If you are a retired military or former professional athlete, please go check out the MVP website and sign up.
Have a great week spreading love, kindness, healing, grace, and non-judgment! (at least that is what I am working towards!! : ) GO NINERS!!
Bruce
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We are BEYOND honored to welcome Peggy Shanahan to the show!
For those of you who aren't football fans, Peggy is the mom of 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and married to the very decorated collegiate and NFL coach, Mike Shanahan.
BK traveled to Denver to sit down with Peggy and talk about what this wild football experience has been from her perspective. Going from never watching football to being the foundation of an incredible football family, Peggy shares stories of the transitions, the importance of knowing yourself outside standing in a supporting role, and how to ride the highs and lows of football.
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This is part 2 of 3 HPP Shorts with Diving with Heroes.
Katara Trammel is member of Diving with Heroes and an absolute joy to be around. We were lucky enough to spend a few days and share a few dives with her in Cozumel this spring.
She shares stories as a Master Sergeant E8 and Chief Paralegal Noncommissioned Officer and explains how Diving with Heroes helped her to find her peace.
Diving with Heroes is an organization that takes wounded veterans scuba diving. They cover all their expenses for certification, travel, lodging and diving. This full scholarship program is dedicated to helping our heroes find peace and feel connected to a community and to mother ocean.
https://www.divingwithheroes.org
Coinciding with the Seahawks visit to Levi’s stadium this Sunday in Week 2, we have a repeat HPP veteran guest in Nate Boyer. If you recall, Nate was our guest a year ago before the Niners played the Seahawks up in Seattle. Nate is a former Army Green Beret, who after his military career ended, came back to the states and decided to walk on with the University of Texas Football program. Despite never having played football before, he eventually earned the starting deep snapper’s job.
After Texas he thought the NFL was calling his name, and as an undrafted free agent earned a stint with the Seahawks. Following his football career, he went to Hollywood to get into acting and through that effort developed a relationship with Jay Glazer (of FOX NFL), and the two of them later founded what is now Merging Vets & Players.
This story of the creation of MVP has now been brought to the big screen, and guess who is in the middle of all of that? Right!! Our friend Nater Boyer. Not only was Nate a co-founder of MVP, he went on to write, direct, and star in this newly released full length motion picture - “MVP – The Movie”. The premier for the movie took place this past week and simultaneously appeared in over 30 venues across the US, with one in each of the cities that are home to an NFL team.
The Hollywood premier was held at the AMC Grove Theater, and I had the great pleasure of being able to attend that event in person. Our veteran focus portion of this week’s show is a compilation of my interview on scene with Nate just before the premier showing of the movie, and then me working the Red Carpet with MVP Clinical Director Suzi Landolphi (who also has a brief role in the movie!!).
This episode also includes interviews before and after the Premier, with special guests and MVP members in attendance. One special and very exclusive interview is with Nate’s father Steven who shares some insights on his son’s career. I know you will enjoy getting a feel of the vibe that night which was indeed electric. But even more than that, you hear from folks about what MVP means to them, how it has impacted them, and what they thought of the movie.
As for the movie itself, it was amazing and very well done. I strongly encourage you to see it as it does a marvelous job capturing the difficulties, struggles, and obstacles veterans and former professional athletes face on giving up “the uniform” and trying to transition back into “normal” life. It has some feel good moments, but it is also a hard and honest look at these struggles, along with the reality of the loss of so many veterans by suicide and the effort to make sure no one is left behind, no one feels alone, and working to move the number of suicides to ZERO.
George and I also sit down and look at the Niners’ last game as well as upcoming opponents. We tackle some issues around recovery, diet/nutrition, and name the wine of the week. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did in putting it together!! Have a great week grounded in breath, mindfulness, kindness, and grace. All the best.
Bruce
https://vetsandplayers.org
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Jill Hottel is the Executive Director of Diving with Heroes. Over the summer, BK and I traveled to Cozumel Mexico to meet the team and share some of their stories.
This is part 1 of 3 shorts that we will be releasing.
Diving with Heroes is an organization that takes wounded veterans scuba diving. They cover all their expenses for certification, travel, lodging and diving. This full scholarship program is dedicated to helping our heroes find peace and feel connected to a community and to mother ocean.
https://www.divingwithheroes.org
This season HPP proudly enters its second year partnering with MVP (“Merging Vets and Players”). Over the course of last season and this past summer, we have highlighted a multitude of vets on our show as well as many of the various organizations that support veterans. This journey has been educational, enlightening, and inspirational. The courage, grit, determination, and unfailing spirit we have met and experienced in our stories and our travels truly has been life changing. We thank all the wonderful people and organizations that have been willing to share their stories of healing, hope, and transformation with us and you, our listeners THANK YOU!!.
Most of these stories include tales of struggle, pain, disappointment, and loss. But they also share with us the power of staying steadfast and focused, enduring and overcoming, willing to take small steps each day toward a goal. They teach us the power of community, of relationship, of honesty, of sharing with another, and of supporting each other. They teach us of welcoming the stranger, showing empathy, and leaving judgment at the door. Over and over, we see that we have more in common than different, and that we are all STONGER TOGETHER!!
At the heart and soul of MVP is the “Huddle.” The Huddle was born of people gathering in a gym type of facility, meeting and talking, then sharing a 30 minute workout, then an hour of honest and often difficult conversation. Hearing people talk of their “wins and losses”, sharing where they are struggling and what has gone their way. We believe and live it out each day that you are not alone, it’s OK to be different and somedays not to feel OK. It is OK to reach out and ask for help. PLEASE ASK FOR HELP! No one should suffer alone, and we pray we never lose another person.
This season the Niners start on the road at the Chicago Bears. We earlier shared our story of Emma and I attending the live LA West Coast Huddle (Thank you Dustin and Sergio!!). I usually attend via zoom because of distance from a live Huddle, and while the zooms are great, there is certainly a power to being in person with the group. For this week’s show I flew to Chicago early and was able to attend the Chicago Chapter of the MVP Huddle and it did not disappoint. We had a great workout (getting my jab, cross, uppercut and hook down!!), and then another powerful Huddle, where people shared hard realities, they cried, and they supported one another. Thank you to Oscar and the Chicago crew for their hospitality and love.
I believe now more then ever there is indeed a Hidden Pearl within each of us. And there are so many people seeking to reach out, support others, and to be of help and service. This week’s show opens with George and me sitting down for a brief chat on some things football, some things silly, and some things very real. Then our lead veteran interview is of Army veteran Chris Buscher who tells of lessons learned as he lost almost 100 lbs in 2 years, road 2000 miles in honor of fallen comrades, and just last month, completed his first triathlon. Literally peddling himself out of a mental health crisis! Life after the military did not go as planned, and he spent years enduring and overcoming until he found a way out. We also hear from Navy veteran Jeanette Tarqueno, who shares some of her struggles in transition and why MVP has been so important to her and has helped her on her journey.
Please enjoy these conversations, stories of hope and healing. In them, and each other, let us see our common humanity, and let us each day work to break down the walls that divide, building community, being vulnerable, sharing the love, and with each other, finding our own way to healing. Thank you. - BK
https://vetsandplayers.org
Info for Chris Buscher
Phone: 708-714-0056
Email: Christopher.buscher@gmail.com
Facebook: Chris Buscher
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We had a pretty special moment this weekend. When we first dreamed about connecting with people and creating a project to give back - we dreamed of seeing people in person. We wanted to meet people, volunteer, help share their vision. And then lockdown came. We believed in this project so much that we decided to turn it into a podcast. While BK was walking on the beach one morning, the name Hidden Pearls came to him. Emma watched a bunch of YouTube videos, called some friends in the industry and figured out how to produce a show.
2 weeks later we were recording our first show. Second Harvest of Silicon Valley was our first guest.
To go and meet them was a complete honor. To see their distribution, how much food they turn out and the dedication of the people working there was incredible.
Since starting the show, in a combined effort with TEU, we have donated a total of $20,000. Those funds have provide 40,000 meals.
Please don't ever think your money, no matter how small it may feel, doesn't mean anything.
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https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1852-frederick-douglass-what-slave-fourth-july/
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594/video-frederick-douglass-descendants-read-his-fourth-of-july-speech
Hello HPP Fam! In this episode Bruce & Emma are on the Like A Bigfoot Podcast again. We cover the Power of Mindfulness, Tight End University & The Abundance Mentality.
Chris is one of our favorite podcasting friends and has an incredible show that just reached 300 episodes! Congrats Chris!!
Link to his show: http://likeabigfoot.com
Like A Bigfoot Show Notes & Links:
In this episode I am very honored to chat with the hosts of the Hidden Pearls Podcast and two very incredible human beings Emma Kittle and her father Bruce Kittle.
Emma and Bruce work with high level performers and athletes in developing healthy mindset, yoga and mindfulness routines with a focus on enhancing performance in the most healthy way possible!
In this episode we chat about some of their concepts in developing athletes and dive into the idea of “abundance mentality” when it comes to their help with George Kittle in creating Tight End University, a conference where the NFL’s Tight Ends came together to share concepts and help each other grow as a position group!
Hope you learn from these two wonderful people and enjoy the episode as much as I did!
MORE FROM EMMA AND BRUCE:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hiddenpearlspodcast/
Emma’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ekittle/
Bruce’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkittle61/
Thunderbird Performance: https://www.thunderbirdperformance.com
Hidden Pearls Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-pearls-podcast/id1531252205
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCevHgve_Kq_nbVg0Pv7QS-Q
MORE LIKE A BIGFOOT:
Subscribe and Review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/like-a-bigfoot/id1160773293?mt=2
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7EhpBoeVG2pcTCGwHG85UG
Soundcloud Archives: https://soundcloud.com/chris-ward-126531464
Stitcher Archives: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/like-a-bigfoot
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/likeabigfoot/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/likeabigfoot/
WILD CAR WEEKEND BABY!!!! 49ers are in Dallas and we are ready to roll!
This episode Emma and George sit down and talk bout mindset, fashion and some funny memories of their times in Dallas.
For our Merging Vets and Players guest we have Trinidad Garcia.
His story is incredibly inspiring so we're including his full bio.
Trinidad Garcia:
Trinidad3 Jeans: Trinidad3 Jeans - https://trinidad3.com
IG: @trinidad3jeans
From a very early age Trinidad Garcia III, of Oxnard, California, had an eye for fashion. With shoes clean and clothes pressed and color coordinated, he headed out for elementary, high school and college. Then in the mid nineties he decided to create his own line of clothing, and his dream enterprise started out promising, but then it sputtered and failed. He decided he needed more self-discipline and to accomplish this, he would join the Marines - or would he?
“You’re too old, Garcia,” he was told. “Our maximum age for enlistment is twenty-seven. You’re thirty-one. Go get a job.”
But he didn’t want a job. He wanted to become a Marine and his recruiter, Sargent Luke, decided to see if there was anything he could do for him. Luke learned that the recruiting numbers in parts of the country back east were down, and if Garcia would apply from one of those areas, they might wave the age limit rule. Franklin Tennessee was just the place, and they took him. Several hundred men filed in for boot camp in September of 2008, and Garcia was the oldest one - by far.
He became a machine gunner, spending time in Twenty-nine Palms, California, Okinawa, Japan, and on two military vessels, the USS Essex and the USS Harper’s Ferry. After his first tour of duty he re-enlisted, then after his second tour he considered staying in the Marines for the long haul, but the design bug bit him once again. He applied to and was accepted at the prestigious Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles.
While a student at FIDM Garcia found purpose and a mission to Power Veterans. He served as President SVA FIDM Chapter and was instrumental in opening the Fashions Schools 1st Veteran center. Also, while a student established Trinidad 3 Jeans. He is most proud of the Jeans he designed for US Marine Corps Veteran Amputee Corporal Josue Barron, who lost his left leg and left eye in Afghanistan. This Jean won a Rivet Award Best show piece 2020 at Project show in Las Vegas. He is very active in the Veteran Community. He advocates, participates and donates to Veteran Organizations such as Merging Vets and Players, Save the Brave, and Sarges Resource Center. While he works at building his Jean Company, he works on training warfighters at US Naval base Point Mugu, California.
Featured Organizations:
Merging Vets and Players - https://vetsandplayers.org/
Sarges Resource Center - https://www.sargesrc.org/
WK 18 - 49ers at RAMS: As most of us suspected this season, and the Niner playoff hopes, come down to the last week of the season with a final road trip to play their good friends the LA Rams. Win and they are in with one of the remaining wildcard spots. Lose and not so good, although there are ways they could make it. Joining us this week to kick it all around is Offensive Tackle Tom Compton, Gunnery Sergeant Chris Holm and First Lieutenant Alec Mayhan.
Tom is a 9-year vet coming out of South Dakota, taken by the Washington FB team in the 6th round of the 2012 draft. He is listed at 6’6” 315 lbs. Tom is married to Tiffany. They have a new baby boy Theo, born last November. Also, a daughter Tate, who is a year and a half old. Welcome Tom to the show!!
Our special military guests bring together some connections for Bruce and his football days at Iowa. Our first guest is Marine Gunnery Sergeant Chris Holm. Chris has been on 5 combat tours and on one of those served as Gunnery Sergeant to our other guest for tonight, First Lieutenant Alec Mayhan. Alec is the son of Dave Mayhan, who was a fellow offensive lineman at the University of Iowa with Bruce back in his playing days where they played together on the 1981 Iowa Big Ten Championship Team, which played in the 1982 Rose Bowl Team. We welcome GSG Holm and 1LT Mayhan to the show.
Featured Organization: Semper Fi & America’s Fund
https://semperfifund.org
We are dedicated to providing immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to combat wounded, critically ill and catastrophically injured members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and their Families. We apply your donations to comprehensive, proven programs that deliver immediate and long-lasting impact. We ensure Service Members have the resources they need during their recovery and throughout transition back to their communities.
CA NG GUESTS: Staff Sergeant Eric Cano: “SSG Cano is a native of Los Angeles, CA. He enlisted into the Army in 2011 as a Military Policeman and has been stationed at Fort Campbell, KY and Fort Irwin, CA.
SSG Cano served in Afghanistan from 2013 to 2014. After 8 years of active duty service, he transferred to the California Army National Guard where he currently serves as a Recruiting And Retention NCO.
SSG Can is a firm believer that the National Guard is a community oriented organization that solidifies the bond between soldier and civilian. Some of his awards includes 3 Army Commendation Medal, 5 Army Achievement Medals, 3 Army Good Conduct Medals, the Air Assault badge, and the National Guard Recruiting and Retention Expert Badge.
SSG Cano is currently in the process of getting his Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and wants to be a juvenile probation officer after retirement.”
CPT Captain Morris Girgis
SFC Sergeant First Class Francy Tabares
SSG Staff Sergeant Kalan Novey
SSG Chayanne Uribe
SSG Maxwell Svader
SSG Eric Cano
WK 15 - 49ers v FALCONS: Welcome HPP fans, friends and followers! Niners
are back home in Cali this week after a thriller in OH. Bringing back an OT victory over
the Bengals 26-23 with a heroic drive in OT for the victory, secured by a 12 yard TD
reception and run by Brandon Aiyuk. Now at 7-6 they are right in the thick of things for a
playoff spot, with a chance to eliminate one of the contenders in the Atlanta Falcons,
who visit Levis stadium this Sunday for what is a critical matchup in these final 4 weeks
of the season. Joining us to talk all things Niners, as well as fashion and fun, is safety
Jimmie Ward.
We hope you all enjoy the show!
As the Niners head to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals we sit down with Dan Brunskill and Adam Clark.
Heading into his 5th season, Dan Brunskill is a key
component of the 49ers team this year as the starting right guard.. Dan is another
important cog in the offensive line battling to protect Jimmy and keep that Niner run
game rolling.
Our MVP guest, Adam Clark, says he has been a Bengals fan since he was born. This episode goes deep into mindfulness practices and different practices that he relies on to take care of his mental health and show up as the best he can be.
It's okay to not be okay. And it's okay to admit that to yourself and to others. But it's important to remember that there are tools and resources that can help you to shift the energy so that it doesn't become all consuming and take you out.
Both of these interviews flew by and we are so grateful for them coming on to share their stories.
Ohio National Guard Members:
Team Leader: Master Sergeant Mike Shockey
Bio: Born in Jacksonville, FL in 1983, to Mike and Ann Shockey. The Family moved back to Dayton, Ohio after Mike senior got out of the Navy later that year. Master Sergeant Shockey graduated from Centerville High School in 2001 and joined the Ohio Army National Guard as a Motor Transport Operator shortly after. He deployed to Iraq in 2004, where he ran convoy security as a gun truck commander for the 1487th Transportation Company. In 2006, he served as a Mobilization Instructor for the Ohio Army National Guard and then moved over to Recruiting in early 2008. While in Recruiting Command, Master Sergeant Shockey has served in multiple roles: High School Recruiter, Officer Candidate School Recruiter/Instructor, Military Entrance Processing Station Guidance Counselor, State Operations NCOIC and Recruiting Company NCOIC. He currently lives in Centerville, OH with his wife Marissa and 3 children, Gabe, Andie and Noah.
Additional National Guard Guests:
- Sergeant First Class Clayton White
- Staff Sergeant Cammeron Winning
- Staff Sergeant Kris Green
- Sergeant Major Jerrod Krietzer
- Staff Sergeant John Keller V/R
Featured Organizations:
Merging Vets & Players - https://vetsandplayers.org
Wishes for Warriors - https://www.wishes4warriors.org
Green Beret Foundation - https://greenberetfoundation.org
Melanoma Research Foundation
SEE YOU IN SEATTLE!
WK 13 - 49ers at SEATTLE: Niners are on the road again this weekend, this time
up the coast to our dear friends the Seattle Seahawks, who come into the game with a 3-
8 record, after losing Monday night on the east coast to the Washington football. While in
last place in the West they are always a threat and difficult to defeat at home, especially
when they play the Niners. Fresh off a hard fought win over the Vikings 34-26, and now
at 6-5 with a 4 game win streak, the Niners look to continue their push for a playoff spot
through these final 6 games. To help us look at what is going on and prep for this next
game we have 1 of 2 of the left side of the Niner’s offensive line, who has had an
outstanding season, Laken Tomlinson.
Though our partnership with Merging Vets & Players we were introduced to Sergeant Major (retired) Ed Hall. This was a very emotional episode for all of us and it speaks volume to the amount of strength and courage it takes to show up and share your heart with the world.
There is a consistent theme of gratitude for the incredibly strong women in their lives. From their mothers raising them and helping them be the men they are today, to their wives and teammates through this wonderful yet challenging life.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Ed and Tonya and their family.
Laken Tomlinson IG: @ltomlinson10
Ed Hall IG: @ed_llah
Seattle National Guard Guests
Team Leader: Born Helena Montana, raised in WA by Mother.
Originally enlisted 11B Fort Benning 2007 – 2012 Active Duty JBLM, Assigned to 520th IN.
Joined the Army National Guard in 2012 as 11B.
2012 – 2016 42A HR with 1-168 Aviation
2016 Readiness NCO 92A with Aviation
Jointed Recruiting November 2019.
SSG Sherman, Daniel H. MOS 13R/13T Current Duty Position – 79T Recruiter
SSG McNeil, Rye A. MOS 19K Current Duty Position – 79T Recruiter
SSG Wilkerson, Taylor J. MOS 11B Current Duty Position – 79T Recruiter
SGT Dent, Patrick C. MOS 31B Current Duty Position - 79T Recruiter
SSG Dumke, Zachary A. MOS 35M Current Duty Position – FTNGD-OS Recruiter Aid
Highlighted Organizations
Leaving The Sidelines: https://leavingthesideline.org -@leaving_the_sideline
Merging Vets & Players: https://vetsandplayers.org - @mergingvetsandplayers
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Health: https://www.nami.org/Home - @namicommunicate
The Tomlinson Foundation: https://tomlinsonfoundation.org
The Defensive Line: https://thedefensiveline.org - @thedefensiveline
WE'RE BACK IN THE BAY BABY!!!!
Niners return home after a big trip to Florida, bringing home a 30-10 victory over the Jaguars. On Sunday we host the 5-5 Vikings, fresh off a big win over the Packers. Our guests this week are Niners Center Alex Mack & Staff Sergeant Dustin Holcomb.
ALEX MACK: IG @alexmack51
After 13 years in the large, Alex Mack has a lot of wisdom to offer on life in the NFL. He shares his story of working his way into a first round draft pick, the boundaries it takes to be successful in the league and the importance of bringing others along with you on the road of success.
STAFF SERGEANT DUSTIN HOLCOMB: IG @dcholc13
In our second segment with Staff Sergeant Dustin Holcomb we go deep. Really really deep. He shares his graphic and very real stories of what life was like on deployment, how talking about his mental health journey has saved his life, and his goal to help all soldiers and veterans transitioning out of the military.
Rise Together https://risetogether.la
Merging Vets & Players https://vetsandplayers.org
California National Guard Soldier & Veteran Guests:
Team leader: MSG Jamie Gonzalez (Mares)
2LT Nathan Collins
SFC Andres Gonzalez (husband)
SPC Beatriz Ramirez-Galindo
PV2 Blanca Noriega-Martinez
SFC(R) Carlos Gomez
This week the Niners are on the road traveling cross country to Jacksonville Florida to play the rising Jaguars, who come in a 2-7 but have won 2 of their last 4. This week with the game on Monday night we are letting the rest of our Niner tribe rest up and get ready for the game. So today it is just the Kittle’s gathered to talk a little ball and staying in touch. We hope you enjoy the show.
Our National Guard Guests for this game are:
SGT Miller
SGT Johnson
CW2 Thomas
MAJ Locklear
MSG Collins
1SG Lewis
Next week is Thanksgiving and we want to give a shout out to everyone to be safe, traveling or not. For many it is a great time to gather with family and friends, to share food and time together.
Holidays for some though, as we all know, are not always full of cheer or joy and we want to remember those facing certain challenges. If you are in a situation to help others we would encourage to do what you can locally. One of our charities that folks will remember from the show last season is 2nd Harvest in Silicone valley. They are feeding many many families and individuals this year, and will be doing full Thanksgiving meals for families. If you can help support them, or another food bank or food service provider of your choice, please do so. Links to their donation page will be in the show notes and we will be making our weekly donation to them this week.
Also, sneak peak at a food drive George will be involved in. Look for more info but George will be partnering with 2nd Harvest on a food drive at a local retailer in Santa Clara area, signing autographs and taking pictures in return for food or financial donations to help feed families in need this holiday season Date is yet to be set but look for more details on that coming soon.
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
https://www.shfb.org
IG: 2ndharvest
HopeThroughCommunity
Eat it up HPP fam!! This week George and Bruce sit down with the one and only Arik Armstead. We all know that Arik is a monster on the football field, but we really want to share and shine light on how incredible of a human he is off the field. From his work with Academics, to Children Hospitals and as an entrepreneur, Arik is staying hungry in every area of his life and helping others to eat good too.
Arik Armstead
IG: sacnina91
http://www.arikarmstead.com
Please enjoy this episode with law professor Rhonda Magee from the Universityof San Francisco Law School. She has 25+ years experience teaching and working in the areas of mindfulness and race. Her book, “The Inner Work of racial Justice” is an instruction manual and work book on how to have hard conversations around race and racism in the US. Her fundamental proposition and encouragement is first to be gentle with yourself and do self care. Learn mindfulness and enter into this process with grace and forgiveness. The second, stay engaged. She believes if we all commit to stay in conversation with each other we will find that we are more alike then different. She sees healing in learning about each other and in the power of story telling. The episode is rich and deep and covers a lot of ground. Enjoy!!!
For WK8 of the season we take a little trip down Chicago Bear's history with the future hall of fame kicker - Robbie Gould!
This was our first time really having a chance to get to know Robbie and we are so glad to finally have the opportunity. We go deep into mindset, handling adversity and how to stay centered through difficult transitions.
Our MVP, Merging Vets & Players, guest's path has taken him from the USMC, to MMA fighting and now to the Program Director of MVP Chicago. Oscar Kush shares his journey of betting on himself, combating loneliness and helping others to do the same.
This week we are sending 6 Chicago National Guard members to the game at Soldier Field. Our Team Leader SFC Jonas Venable. Our other guests are SSG Devon Mays, SSG Donisha Barry, SGT Dylan Cardenas, SSG Tomika Franks, & SSG Joshua Lyerla.
Featured Organizations:
Beat the Streets Chicago
https://www.btschicago.org
Merging Vets & Players
https://vetsandplayers.org
WK 7 (game 6) - 49ers host COLTS: This week the Niners host the 2-4 Indianoplis
Colts. In recognition of our game with the Colts, and continuing with our military and first
responder guests, Emma & George sits down with his uncle Pat Coen, who is the superintendent
of schools in Burlington Iowa, who also served 21 years with the Iowa National Guard
member with 2 tours Duty in his experience. We also talk with Emma & George’s cousin Matt
Henss, who is in his 26th year with the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Special Guests
Pat Coen:
Pat is a retired Colonel of the US Army Iowa National Guard having
served 21 years including 2 tours, one in Afghanistan in 2005-2006; and then before that
he was stationed in Germany in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 1991. He just
recently announced his resignation from his current position as Superintendent of Schools
in Burlington Iowa. He graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College with a BS in Elementary
Education. He also holds a Masters of Science degree and a specialist degree from Drake
University in Educational Leadership. He taught and coached for 10 years in Mt Pleasant
Iowa. He has also served as a middle school principal, head principal of an alternative
high school, an elementary principal, and as Superintendent of schools in Winfield Iowa.
Most importantly, Pat is married to Emma & George’s mom’s sister Jenna and they have 4 kids.
Matt Henss - Indianapolis Fire Department
Matt is the Deputy Chief for Planning with the Indianoplis Fire
Department and oversees the Community Risk Reduction Bureau. This Bureau is
responsible for fire investigations, 911 calls, Fire and Life safety, Public Education,
Inspections, Planning, Performance and Compliance, and the Emergency Management
Liaison. Matt has been with the IFD for 26 years, starting back in 1995 as a firefighter.
Prior to becoming the Planning Chief he also served as Firefighter, Engineer, Company
Officer, and Executive Office. Matt has an Associate Degree in Fire Science and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Management. Matt also has advanced training in leadership
development and is working to complete his six sigma black belt. Matt is George’s cousin
through Emma & George’s mom’s sister. He is married to Rena and they have 2 kids. We welcome
both of them to the show.
Featured Organizations
Burlington After School Program - Donation: https://burlingtoncsd.revtrak.net/pieces/
Art Center of Burlington - https://btownart.com
Saint Florian Center - https://www.saintfloriancenter.org/contact
Survive Alive - http://www.survivealive.org/home
This week we get ready to join the 49ers under the red hot Arizona sun as they face off against the 4-0 Cardinals.
We are so excited to FINALLY be welcoming Kyle Juszczyk to the show. Kyle shares his story from growing up in Ohio, to transitioning to Harvard where he still holds many records, and then earning his spot in the NFL and being a Pro-Bowl full back for the last 5 years. For our fashion segment he is joined with his beautiful and talented wife Kristin.
Our MVP guest is co-founder Nate Boyer. He is a former American football long snapper and United States Army Green Beret. He is also an occasional actor. After serving six years and multiple tours for the Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Nate played college football as a walk-on at the University of Texas despite never having played a down of organized football in his life. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2015. Nate founded MVP with Jay Glazer, and is actively involved in the organization and its outreach to veterans, as well as other charitable activities.
We are sending 6 AZ National Guard members to the game. Our team leader of the week is 1SG Richard Soto. He is joined with First Sergeant Ruiz, Staff Sergeant Barraza, Sergeant De La Peña , Staff Sergeant West and Sergeant First Class Taylor. Thank you for your service and we hope you enjoy the game!
Guests
Kyle Juszczyk - @juicecheck44
Kristin Juszczyk - @kristinjuszczyk
The Origin Shop - @THEORIGINSHOP - theoriginshop.com
Nate Boyer - @nateboyer37 - nateboyer.com
Merging Vets & Players
@mergingvetsandplayers
vetsandplayers.org
Waterboys
@waterboysorg
waterboys.org
Get ready to take some notes because there is a lot of wisdom in this episode!
Tight end legend Marcedes Lewis shares how his growth mindset has brought him to his 16th season in the NFL. Our partnership with MVP - Merging Vets & Players - introduces us to Ajmal Achekzai. He shares his story of fleeing Afghanistan to find refugee in the United States and what it meant to him to return to his home country as one of the first 300 boots on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11 as a US Marine.
GUESTS
Marcedes Lewis
@marcedeslewis
Marcedes Lewis Foundation
https://marcedeslewisfoundation.org
@marcedeslewisfndtn
Ajmal (AJ) Achekzai
@afghanmarine23
Merging Vets & Players
@mergingvetsandplayers
https://vetsandplayers.org
Pangea Legal Services
https://www.pangealegal.org
Afghan Coalition
https://www.afghancoalition.org
AKSGEORGE
Submit your questions to info@thunderbirdperformance.com with #ASKGEORGE in the subject line.
Return to your practice and use your tools!
If we aren't practicing mindfulness in a quite peaceful place, how can we expect mindfulness to be there for us when life hits the fan?
It's all about returning to our practice. Even the most mindful people get triggered. But through dedication to our practice we learn how to let things move past us instead of getting stuck to them.
WEEK 2 BABY!!
This week we’re meeting the 49ers in Philly! Tight end legend Zach Ertz is on the show with George talking football and sharing some wisdom on how he has made it to his 9th NFL season. Please take a minute to check out his foundation, the Ertz Family Foundation, and all the amazing things they are doing to support their community.
This season Hidden Pearls Podcast is partnering with MVP - Merging Vets and Players. Each week we will be sharing the story of a veteran and sending them to the football game. We are so excited to share Elliot Ruiz's story and also meet him in person!
Make sure to stick around for the #AskGeorge questions at the end of the show!! GK goes off!
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Zach Ertz - TE Philadelphia Eagles
IG: @zachertz
Ertz Family Foundation
https://www.ertzfamilyfoundation.org
IG: @ertzfamilyfoundation
Elliot Ruiz USMC Ret.
IG: Daboell
MVP - Merging Vets and Players
https://vetsandplayers.org
IG: @mergingvetsandplayers
An important reminder from BK to never get too busy, too distracted or too caught up in the world to let the people you love know what they mean to you. Life is precious and can be very fragile. We encourage take some time today to either call, reach out, see in person your loved ones. Or if that isn't an option, take a few deep breaths and hold their energy with you. Send them love and feel the joy and power that their light brings to your life.
Join us in honoring and remembering all the victims of 9/11. Please take some time today to sit and breathe and hold the memory of the families and all the brave first responders in your hearts. The world has changed a lot in 20 years but may we never forget the incredible bravery, sacrifice and unity that got us through this monumental day. In this episode we talk with George Kittle and Lion’s TE TJ Hockenson about the upcoming game, TEU and what offseason training was like at the barn. Fire Chief Michael O’Brian joins us to talk about his work in his community and what 9/11 means to him.
Michael O'Brian
Fire Chief
Brighton Area Fire Authority
Yellow Rose Campaign
https://www.yellowrosecampaign.com
Kingston Valley CrossFit
https://crossfitkv.com
Welcome to September HPP fam!
For this Mindful Monday BK talks about how he finds calm in the face of anxiety and stress.
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Find neutral (8 tools of mindfulness)
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Create a vision
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Offer gratitude
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Take the first step
If you ever have any specific requests for a MM please send us an email at info@thunderbirdperformance.com with MINDFUL MONDAY as the subject.
Have a great week everyone!
Welcome to SEASON 2 Hidden Pearls Podcast friends, family and followers!
We are beyond excited to kick off this season with Darren Waller of the Las Vegas Raiders. Darren shares his journey of the deep work he has gone through to get where he is today. We talk football, camp and what’s in store for both teams this season. We get into mindset, Tight End U, healthy masculinity, Spider Man and take a look into the amazing things Darren is doing to support the Las Vegas youth with his foundation, The Darren Waller Foundation. This podcast is a celebration of the amazing connections and lessons we discovered over the off-season. We hope you hear it and are inspired to SHINE.
Darren Waller
IG & Twitter: @rackkwell
The Darren Waller Foundation: https://darrenwaller.org
Podcast: Comeback Stories
Books:
10% Happier by Dan Harris
Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
If you enjoy our show please subscribe and leave us a review! It helps us get our message out to more people.
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George Kittle: @gkittle
Emma Kittle: @ekittle
Bruce Kittle: @coachkittle
This week we offer encouragement to work on your process. Instead of only focusing on the end goal and what you want to achieve, try focusing on the actions that will get you to those results. This extra step means taking the time to slow down and give yourself space to feel and reflect on what you want.
- Be present in your process.
- Be clear on who you want to be.
- Are you aligned with your values?
- Each day are you moving just a little bit closer to those ultimate goals?
This is part 1 / 3 of the Mindful Monday series where BK explores the concepts of it’s not permanent, it’s not perfect and it’s not personal.
We encourage you to listen and be open to these ideas so they can help you to move gracefully through points of struggle you may come across in your life.
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below or send us an email at info@thunderbirdperformance.com.
This is part 3 / 3 of the Mindful Monday series where BK explores the concepts of it’s not permanent, it’s not perfect and it’s not personal.
We encourage you to listen and be open to these ideas so they can help you to move gracefully through points of struggle you may come across in your life.
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below or send us an email at info@thunderbirdperformance.com.
This is part 2 / 3 of the Mindful Monday series where BK explores the concepts of it’s not permanent, it’s not perfect and it’s not personal.
We encourage you to listen and be open to these ideas so they can help you to move gracefully through points of struggle you may come across in your life.
If you have any questions or comments please leave them below or send us an email at info@thunderbirdperformance.com.
Join George Kittle, Robert Tonyan and TJ Hockenson in a virtual yoga event to raise money for hungry children in Haiti and promote a clean environment.
Virtual Yoga Event July 21, 2021 3-5 PM CST
https://haiticreates.com
Episode 25 brings us to the final series with the Players Coalition. If you have not yet, we highly recommend going back and listening to parts 1 and 2. In this episode we talk with Demario Davis the subconscious, brain mapping and what it takes to stay in the league for 10 years. The final pillar of the Players Coalition is Economic Advancement. We are so grateful to Dr. Chelsea Heyward for being on all 3 episodes and sharing her wisdom with us all.
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #demariodavis #brainmapping #NOLA #saints #playerscoalition #economicadvancement #mindfulawarenessandperformance #mindfulawareness #map #yoga #yogaforathletes #yogaforfootball
Special Guest:
Demario Davis
IG: @d56davis
Dr. Chelsea Heyward
IG: @chchelseaaa
THE PLAYERS COALITION
https://players-coalition.org
IG:playerscoalition
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
Episode 24 takes us into Part 2 of our 3 part series with the Players Coalition. This week we are talking about their work in the pillars of Policing & Community Relations and Criminal Justice Reform. We are joined by Doug Baldwin and Dr. Chelsea Heyward.
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #devinmccourty #mccourtytwins #doublecoverage #playerscoalition #education #mindfulawarenessandperformance #mindfulawareness #map #yoga #yogaforathletes #yogaforfootball
Special Guest:
Doug Baldwin
Dr. Chelsea Heyward
IG: @chchelseaaa
THE PLAYERS COALITION
https://players-coalition.org
IG:playerscoalition
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
Episode 23 takes us into Part 1 of our 3 part series with the Players Coalition. This week we are joined by Devin McCourty and Dr. Chelsea Heyward to talk about the pillar of Education and the work the Players Coalition is doing to further the mission of ending social injustices and racial inequality so future generations have the opportunity to thrive without barriers.
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #devinmccourty #mccourtytwins #doublecoverage #playerscoalition #education
Special Guest:
Devin McCourty - Free Safety #32 for the Patriots
IG: @mccourtytwins
Dr. Chelsea Heyward
IG: @chchelseaaa
THE PLAYERS COALITION
https://players-coalition.org
IG:playerscoalition
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
An introduction to Mindful Awareness & Performance - the MAP course.
Our goal is to help people mindfully discover and express their most authentic self at the highest level.
www.thunderbirdperformance.com
An introduction to Mindful Awareness & Performance - the MAP course.
Our goal is to help people mindfully discover and express their most authentic self at the highest level.
www.thunderbirdperformance.com
An introduction to Mindful Awareness & Performance - the MAP course.
Our goal is to help people mindfully discover and express their most authentic self at the highest level.
www.thunderbirdperformance.com
Welcome back Hidden Pearls Podcast listeners!!
We are so excited to kick off our summer series with Dr. Jen Welter!
As you will hear, Dr. Jen has many super powers. Her stuck on stubborn mentality made her the first woman to be signed to a pro men’s football team, the first woman to coach in the NFL and the first woman to be in Madden.
But even with all the awards and global recognition, Dr. Jen’s super power is connecting with people. Through authenticity and empathy she is paving the way, opening doors and blocking downfield for the next generation of players and coaches.
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #summerseries #drjenwelter #jenwelter #gridirongirls
Dr. Jen Welter
jenwelter.com
IG: @welter47
Grid Iron Girls camp registration: https://www.jenwelter.com/grrridirongirls
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Caption from Chris Ward on LikeaBigfoot.com:
http://likeabigfoot.com/podcast/like-a-bigfoot-podcast-230-bruce-and-emma-kittle-high-level-athletic-performance-battling-limiting-beliefs/
This week I am very excited to bring you an episode with Emma Kittle and her dad Bruce Kittle!!
In this episode we chat all about athletic performance, the power of using alter egos, why we need to shoot for the sun and melt our wings of wax, how to combat our own limiting beliefs, and we share some stories from hiking the Colorado 14ers!
Emma and Bruce are the founders of @thunderbirdperformance which is a high level training approach “to mental, physical and spiritual coaching, using yoga, movement, and mindfulness, to help athletes become the very best version of themselves they can be; freeing them to compete at the highest levels.” Their approach is focused on helping athletes grow into the best versions of themselves by letting go of their limiting beliefs!
As a family they have also started hosting a podcast called @hiddenpearlspodcast with @gkittle46 (who has become one of the most dominating, hardworking and charismatic players in the NFL). This podcast is a wonderful show each week highlighting a different Nonprofit with the goal of “sharing the untold stories of the people and communities impacted by social and environmental injustice.”
Personally, I just love listening to these two geek out about the mindset of high performance (in both life and athletics). Bruce and Emma can drop so many knowledge bombs on you for an entirety of a conversation that you are just scrambling to write it all down!
Hope you guys enjoy and learn as much from the episode as I did!!
IG: @likeabigfoot
Emma & Bruce sit down to recap the first part of HPP Season 1.
We talk about the state of the world, football and entering the Aquarian Age.
We have some big plans for our off-season schedule and can't wait to get started!
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #cjbeathard #iowa #uich #universityofiowachildrenshopsital #blackandgold #gohawks #dripsauce
Seattle @ 49ers @ AZ
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
CJ Beathard, IG: @ceejaybeat_hard
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
https://uichildrens.org
DONATE: https://uichildrens.org/ways-give
Broderick Brown, broderick-binns@hawkeyefootball.com
Player Development - Joseph Brinks, Joseph-Brincks@hawkeyefootball.com
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
ZENNI KITTLE COLLECTION
https://www.zennioptical.com/kittle-g...
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #rossdwelley #peanutbutterdwelleytime #rossdaboss #autismtreeprojectfoundation #autismtree #atpf #dripsauce
49ers @ AZ
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Ross Dwelley, IG: @ross_da_boss85
Danielle Dahle, IG: @chefboyardahle
AUTISM TREE PROJECT FOUNDATION
https://www.autismtreeproject.org
IG: @autismtree
DONATE: https://www.autismtreeproject.org/donate
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
ZENNI KITTLE COLLECTION
https://www.zennioptical.com/kittle-g...
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #endslaverytn #sextrafficing #endslavery #CFMTgrantee #dallascowboys #taylorgang #dripsauce
49ers @ Dallas
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Trent Taylor, IG: @trent5taylor / Twitter: @Trent5Taylor
Sarah Taylor, IG: @sarahjctaylor / Twitter: @sarahjchaffee
Sarah's Book Recommendations:
Chop wood carry water
Discipline equals freedom
Raise your game
Mind gym
Atomic habits
The habit loop
The ranger way
The next right thing
END SLAVERY TENNESSEE: https://www.endslaverytn.org
DONATE: https://endslaverytn.networkforgood.com/projects/117923-2020-year-end-slavery-exists-here
SOMEONE LIKE ME PODCAST: https://www.endslaverytn.org/podcast-episodes
IG: @endslaverytn / Twitter: @EndSlaveryTN
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
ZENNI KITTLE COLLECTION
https://www.zennioptical.com/kittle-g...
#hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #charity #fundraising #nonprofit #donations #cityteam
Washington @ 49ers ( @ AZ )
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest: DJ Jones, IG: @djjones93
PRO BOWL VOTING:
https://www.nfl.com/pro-bowl/ballot/
CITYTEAM
www.cityteam.org
Instagram: @cityteam
Facebook: CityTeam
David's album: https://www.divin3kingdom.org/liftid
#ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.com/connect
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / IG: @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
KITTLE COLLECTION
https://www.zennioptical.com/kittle-glasses-collection
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #fundraising #nonprofit #donations #The100 #corporatesocialresponsibility #philanthropy
Bills @ 49ers ( @ AZ )
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Fred Warner, IG: @fred_warner
PRO BOWL VOTING:
https://www.nfl.com/pro-bowl/ballot/
100 BLACK MEN OF THE BAR AREA https://100blackmenba.org
IG: @100blackmenofthebayarea
Donation Page: https://100blackmenba.org/donations-1...
Darryl Richardson, Email: drichardson@100blackmenba.org
Josiah Harris, IG: @kingjosiah_510
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / IG: @krieger.jan
KITTLE COLLECTION
https://www.zennioptical.com/kittle-g...
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #irreverentwarriors #IW2020 #irreverentwarriors #iw#silkies #silkieshike #militarylife#mentalhealth #military #veteran#veteransupport #22aday #22kill#22tonone #militaryhumor #suicide#ptsd #depression #suicideprevention#usmc #army #navy #airforce#coastguard #spaceforce
49ers @ LA Rams
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Nick Frantz, IG: @ddlstunner
Nate McDonald, IG: @nate_mcdonald_ , Email: nate@irreverentwarriors.com
IRREVERENT WARRIORS
https://www.irreverentwarriors.com/
Donation Page:
https://us.commitchange.com/ca/san-diego/irreverent-warriors
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/irreverentwarriors
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/irreverentwarriors/
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.com/connect
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / IG: @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #waterboys #waterboysorg #chrislong #chrislongfoundation #bengarland #uso
49ers @ Saints
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Ben Garland, IG: @garlandben63 / Twitter: @BenGarland63
Chris Long, IG: @laflamablanca95 / Twitter: @JOEL9ONE
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
WATERBOYS
www.waterboys.org / IG: @waterboysorg / Twitter: @WaterboysORG
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
Packers @ 49ers
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Robert Tonyan - Tight End #85 for the Packers
IG: @robtonjr
https://twitter.com/robtonjr
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
TAPS - TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS
https://www.taps.org
TAPS Social Media Info
Twitter handles:
@TAPSorg
@teams4taps (sports & entertainment focus)
@Bonnie_at_TAPS (Bonnie's personal, less frequently used)
Insta Handles:
@TAPSorg
Insta hashtags
teams4taps
Facebook:
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
GEORGE'S CLEATS AUCTION - https://handbid.app.link/kittle
FB: https://www.facebook.com/VictoryPrograms/Twitter: @VictoryProgramsInstagram: @VictoryPrograms
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
49ers @ Seahawks
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Will Dissly - Tight End #88 for the Seahawks
IG: @uncle_will88
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
THE NATURE PROJECT
www.thenatureproject.org
IG: @the_natureproject
Cooper Helfet, Co-Founder of The Nature Project
cooperhelfet@gmail.com
IG: @coophelfet
Ryan Miller, Tulalip Tribal Member and Director of Treaty Rights and Government Affairs for the Tulalip Tribe
ryanmiller@tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
http://Tulaliptribes-nsn.gov
http://NR.tulaliptribes.com
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
49ers @ Patriots
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Jimmy Garoppolo - Quarterback #10 for the 49ers
IG: @jimmypolo10
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
VICTORY PROGRAMSwww.vpi.org
FB: https://www.facebook.com/VictoryPrograms/Twitter: @VictoryProgramsInstagram: @VictoryPrograms
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #afsp
Rams @ 49ers
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest:
Solomon Thomas - Defensive Tackle #94 for the 49ers
IG: @sollythomas90
Martha Thomas - IG: @horstthomas
Chris Thomas - IG: @thomaschris44
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
afsp.org
IG: @afspnational
Donate: https://afsp.donordrive.com/
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
hiddenpearlspodcast #thunderbirdperformance #georgekittle #ninergang #49ers #nextdoorsolutions #nds
Dolphins @ 49ers
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest: Garrett Celek - Retired Tight End #86 for the 49ers
IG: @gcells
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS www.nextdoorsolutions.org
24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 408-279-2962
Facebook: @NextDoorSolutions
Instagram: @Next_Door_Solutions
Twitter: @NDSolutions
donation links - www.nextdoorsolutions.org/give/
emails or direct contact - info@nextdoor.org
phone numbers - 24/7 Hotline # 408-279-2962
NDS is hosting a virtual event October 15th 2020.
bit.ly/LUTN2020
Anyone can log it to watch for only $25 - over 50 auction packages to bid on too! You will see a few 49er items!
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballa...
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
Special Guest: Mike McGlinchey - Right Tackle #69 for the 49ers
IG: @mmcglinch68
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.co...
Martha's Kitchen - https://www.marthas-kitchen.org
IG: https://www.instagram.com/marthaskitc...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kitchenmarthas?la...
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarthasKitch...
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mart...
Gofundme: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/cam...
Bill Lee - Executive Director, Martha's Kitchen
bill@marthas-kitchen.org
Shirts: Mission Blue
49ers @ NY Giants
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / Twitter: @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10 / emma@thunderbirdeprformance.com
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce / coachkittle@thunderbirdperformance.com
ASKGEORGE + NUMBER GUESS
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.com/connect
Levine Toilolo @levine_toilolo
Evan Engram @eazyengram
Angela Bronxton-Terry: IG @broxtonterry / Angela.Terry@evasvillage.org
Howard "Chip" Yerger: IG @Chipdadrip / chip@straightmarketingllc.com
Eva’s Village is a non-profit, comprehensive behavioral health and social service organization with a MISSION to provide care and support for people struggling with poverty, hunger, homelessness and addiction.
Core programs include: Treatment / recovery;Food / housing; Education / job training
https://www.evasvillage.org/
A MEAL CAN CHANGE A LIFE: https://youtu.be/mjwo9SgVnd0
EVA’S FRONTLINE HEROES: 82 YR. OLD CLIFTON’S STORY https://youtu.be/_9l7P6dSag4
EVA’S YOUNGEST FRONTLINE HERO https://youtu.be/-bEYMWdriow
Any donation, no matter the size, will have an impact bigger than you know. https://evasvillage.networkforgood.com/projects/12436-general-donation-page
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/EvasVillage
Join our Virtual Volunteers or Ambassadors Group on Eva’s Village Facebook page LINKEDIN: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EvasVillageVolunteers/?source_id=103503382974
INSTAGRAM -@evasvillage - https://www.instagram.com/evasvillage/?hl=en
TWITTER - @EvasVillageNJ https://twitter.com/EvasVillageNJ
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQFeHpjpylf9ZdVoQs0sDg
Support our Fundraiser: Help Eva’s Score a Touchdown Against Hunger!The NY Giants are supporting our Go Fund Me Campaign by offering a $10,000 match to support our Community Kitchen. I’ve added the link to the text and included it here: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/help-us-score-a-touchdown-against-hunger
Kirman Kriya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfKEAiwrgeY
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
49ers @ NY Jets
Contact us: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
IG: @hiddenpearlspodcast / @thunderbirdperformance
Twitter: @hiddenpearlspod / @thunderbirdperf
Hosts:
George Kittle, IG: @gkittle46 / @gkittle46
Emma Kittle, IG: @ekittle / Twitter: @ekittle10
Bruce Kittle, IG: @coachkittle61 / Twitter: @kittlebruce
ASK GEORGE
https://www.thunderbirdperformance.com/connect
Brooklyn Community Service, BCS
https://wearebcs.org / IG: @wearebcs / Twitter: @WeAreBCS
Janelle Ferris / Executive Director & President, BCS
Owayne McLeod / Activities Specialist / IG: @waynespeedyjab16
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/neediest-cases/boxing-golden-gloves-brooklyn-community-service.html
Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDtNpX7F97s
BCS COVID-19 Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRiPKmj-W4Q&t=261s
Thunderbird Performance Free Yoga Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjVl6_z6vHMEOCPov98LSe_lKdGC2ljdb
Bruce's Hype Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCfttwfKyk
T-Shirts by MIDHEAVEN DENIM:
https://www.midheavendenim.com/collections/t-shirts/products/vote-unisex-t-shirt-supportive-hands
Cover Art by Jan Krieger / @krieger.jan
George Kittle & Vintage 49er Merchandise:
https://www.letteysetgo.com/footballathome
Our goal this week is to introduce Emma and Bruce, share the Hidden Pearls mission and get some behind the scenes action heading into game week. The fabulously hunky George Kittle shares what his off-season training was like and where his energy is as he prepares for his 4th season as a 49er. We have two guests from Second Harvest of Silicon Valley talking about their mission and how they’ve continued to persevere even in the face of COVID which has more than doubled their demands for services to more than 500,000 meals per month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-5oBo46UDg
Producer & Host
Emma Kittle
IG:@ekittle
E: emma@thunderbirdperformance.com
Community Outreach & Host
Bruce Kittle
IG: @coachkittle61
E: coachkittle@thunderbirdperformance.com
Talent
George Kittle
@gkittle46
Thunderbird Performance
IG: @thunderbirdperformance
www.thunderbirdperformance.com
E: info@thunderbirdperformance.com
Josh Cuthbert - ALPHA 1
IG: @josh_alphastrength www.alphapowerprogram.com
Jeremy Holt - AthElite Performance || AE
IG: @jholt_athelite www.athelite.us/
Dr. Jorge Rojas - Resilient Health
IG: @jorgeojasdpt https://resilienthp.com/jorge-rojas
Leanne McAllister
IG: @finallyleanne www.advancedhealthfranklin.com
Dr. Travis Morgan - Advanced Health
IG: @advancedhealthfranklin www.advancedhealthfranklin.com
Elliot Williams - Director of Functional Performance SF 49ers
IG: @egoscuee49ers / @egoscuemethod
www.egoscue.com/group
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley https://www.shfb.org
Food connection hotline: 1-800-984-3663
Policy/Advocacy: https://www.shfb.org/impact/our-work/advocacy/
Get Food: https://www.shfb.org/get-food/
Volunteer: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/volunteer/
Donate: https://www.shfb.org/give-help/donate-funds/
IG: @2ndharvest
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Secondharvestfood
FB: https://www.facebook.com/2ndharvest
Twitter: https://twitter.com/2ndharvest
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/second-harvest-food-bank/
Jeremy Loader
Community Relations Officer
E: www.jeremyloader@hotmail.com
IG: @jeremyloader
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-loader-a21b4620/
Claribel Chavez
Food Connection Medical Coordinator
E: cchavez@shfb.org
IG: @yur.candy
LiniedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claribel-chavez-a7957356/
PADI - Professional Association of Diver Instructors
https://www.padi.com
George Merchandise & Vintage Niner’s Gear: letteysetgo.com
It has been confirmed that Jan Krieger is 45 years old.
George’s favorite dish at Panda:“Half fried rice half chow mein, sample the honey walnut shrimp, then get honey sesame, orange chicken and then get 3rd entrè of honey walnut if it’s kickin. Large order of the rangoons with extra sweet and sour. Now I’m hungry.” - George Kittle
This is the promo we released on IG TV! Getting everything set up through iTunes and Spotify. Can't wait to share with y'all!
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