The Flow Station Podcast: Recent Episodes
Will Ferris
The Flow Station Podcast is a space in which you can learn to develop your unique flow, by listening to guests who have had the experiences and tools to tap into theirs. This is a platform of possibility, offering insights into deeper states of consciousness through life and sport.
Solo podcast tapping into the most healthy ways to build on our evolution... focusing on what we WANT - not what we DONT want.
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Cole Johnson is a former first team All-Conference Army Lacrosse player & shares so many nuggets of wisdom in this one. He talks about building his mental tools and confidence working with a sport psychologist.
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Blessings!
Will
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 - 5:00 : Moments of Joy Together | Creating Coherence
5:01 - 11:00 : JOY in the Body & Happiness
11:01 - : 14:25 Non-Attachment to Emotions
14:30 - 17:00 EMBODYING E-Motion
17:01 - 19:15 Conscious Response to Emotion | Questions of Intimacy to your Intuition
19:30 - 38:10 Trusting your inner knowing & PLAY
38:12 - 49:40 Joy as the barometer… learning from Kids
This year Davey Rohrbacher and I create a mental skills program for an 8th grade basketball team. This program incorporated group zoom calls, individual zoom calls, and much of our dialogue with the kids centered around how to use their minds in healthy ways to improve performance. We talked to the kids about gratitude, breathing, leadership, communication, confidence, and much more. On this podcast we discuss our learning from this program. I hope you enjoy!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 to 6:00 - Why teach mental skills to 8th graders?
6:00 to 17:10 - Intangible Growth Throughout the Season to
17:10 to 27:30 - Coaching Flexibility | Meeting them where they are at
27:30 to 42:30 Coaching Consciously
42:30 to 48:40 - Building Blocks of Thinking & Perspective
48:40 to 51:50 - Mental Skills is Thinking Less
51:50 to 58:50 - Growth in the Moment & Presence 58:50
58:50 to END - Staples of the Mental Skills Program
On this episode we go into our experience with a profound spiritual teacher, we flow on intentions, healing. I also ask Michael about his journey to become a Dr. of Chinese Medicine. This is a free flow and I hope you enjoy!
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This episode features Olympic Decathlete Jeremy Taiwo. We discuss our experience farming together in the Pacific Northwest. I just finished my collegiate basketball career and he had just finished his journey pursuing the olympics. There will be more episodes of this conversation, but we share a lot of what we learned.
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Jeremy Mills is a fellow PNW podcaster. He is one of the most selfless guys I have come across.. and I am happy he finally got to share more about himself. He has had such a unique journey.. filled with challenges and overcoming obstacles. We discuss how he got into podcasting & connecting with Jamal Crawford, we discuss mindfulness and the Tao of Pooh, & he shares one of the most raw/real/vulnerable stories ever shared on the podcast.
Thank you for tuning in!
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Time Stamps:
3:38 - How he got into podcasting
8:42 - How he got connected with NBA Legend Jamal Crawford
15:04 - What he has learned from podcasting and those he has connected with
19:16 - Mindfulness at a young age
27:10 - Flow in Podcasting
31:28 - Group Flow Facilitating
39:00 - Family and Mental Health over a career.
42:45 - The most vulnerable story shared on the Flow Station Podcast… ever.
Joining me today is positive psychologist and former professional basketball player Jordan Hamilton. This episode is extremely special to me. This conversation was recorded about 2 years ago before my final year of collegiate basketball, where I was really trying to evolve on and off the court. Jordan assisted me tremendously by sharing his journey in hoops and offering support in many areas that I was struggling with internally within the game. I feel this conversation is authentic and open about the struggles that potentially many athletes face. This is an audio only episode - but if you would like to see the snippet for this episode - check out this 2 minute video! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxVi6bpwy04
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Andrew Watson is an elite sports performance trainer in the PNW. He and I have been training together for the past few weeks and I have really appreciated his awareness and insights. He and I discuss parenting, coaching, cell phone use, training, and much more!
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This episode features UW Decathlete Parker Kennedy. We discuss his near death experience & how this propelled him to deeper states of consciousness. We discuss mindfulness, meditation, flow, & much more. Whether you are an athlete or not, this episode will offer deep insights on how to tap into oneself & connect deeper with others. Enjoy!
This episode is also available on YouTube.. Clips are available on our social media pages
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This episode features long time professional basketball player, sports agent, & EWU Hall of Famer Alvin Snow. Alvin and I have a genuine and authentic conversation about the essence of FEELING flow vs just thinking and talking about it, chasing after your dreams with passion and love and not just the external rewards, social media, AAU basketball, and much more. This episode is also available to watch on YouTube.
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Anthony Ireland was a 3x 1st Team Selection in the WCC. He had over 2,000 collegiate points - and some big games against the likes of UCLA, Gonzaga, and many more. He is a very conscious athlete that has wisdom in meditation, visualization, diet, positive thinking, and more. Enjoy the flow! Full episode is also on YouTube if you would like to watch.
This is the second part of the flow with former UW Basketball player Ryan Appleby. We discuss more of his hoop journey - but also tap in to some inner dealings of knowing yourself, social media, confidence, understand guilt and shame, etc. Enjoy!
Find the video version on YouTube - as well as shorter clips of the episode.
Link: https://linktr.ee/flowstationpodcast
This episode features my guy Joey Bradley. Joey has played football at the JUCO, D1, D2, and European Professional levels. Throughout his journey he has been able to travel all around the world and has gained some awesome experiences and insights along the way. He is one of the most transparent and open athletes you will come across - and I believe anyone from any field will benefit listening. Enjoy!
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Seattle Dragons XFL Receiver Kasen Williams has had a long journey with football. From being the #1 Recruit in high school, to playing at UW, then in the NFL with the Seahawks, Browns, & Colts - he now finds himself in a new league ready to prove himself. This conversation will show just how tuned in Kasen is beyond his talents on the field. Possibly my favorite conversation to date & some great insights for people that play any sport or are in any field. We discuss flow, meditation, letting go, dreams, & much more. This is part 1, part 2 will be released soon!
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For over 15 years Tim Manson has developed a unique reputation as one of the premier Athletic Injury Prevention / Performance Enhancement Specialist in the country. His breath and depth of clientele includes athletes/teams representing a myriad of competitive sports from Youth, High School, Collegiate Athletic Programs to Professional Sports Organizations such as USA Track Field, NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB. He has participated and presented in numerous National and Regional Strength and Conditioning Industry Conferences, Coaching Clinics and Symposiums as well as National Grass Roots Basketball & Football Showcase Camps and Combines. His combination of national class Track and Field experience, education, applicable experience and understanding of how to safely and effectively administer, direct, teach, assist and empower athletes toward their specific injury prevention and athletic performance goals is his unique value.
Joey Schreiber is one of my best friends. He's a very reflective and deep cat that I met playing at Azusa Pacific. Joey is notorious for getting hot on the hoop court and sticking out his tongue as a reflection of him being in his flow. We discuss his current flow, his 48 point game, handling social media, taking time away from the phone, and more!
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Also find clips of these episodes on instagram @FlowStationPodcast!
This episode features one of my mentors Jordan Hamilton - who played professional basketball for many years and was apart of the Lehigh men's basketball team that took down Duke in 2012. We discuss flow, group flow, mindfulness, chasing after what you love, and much more. As always the goal is to help you cultivate your unique flow, by bringing on guests who have tapped into theirs.
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This episode features professional basketball player Frankie Ferrari. We discuss his unique journey to becoming a 2x 1st team WCC selection, to being on the Utah Jazz Summer League roster, to playing with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League.
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This episode features Pittsburgh Pirate Draftee Ethan Paul. Ethan was a a 1st team All-American at Vanderbilt where he helped lead them to a National Championship. Ethan describes his ability to tap into flow, his meditation practice, social media use, responding to failure, and much more.
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Cletus Coffey is a former professional football player, world class track & field runner, keynote speaker, & consultant. He works with athletes all around the country to assist their process in life after sports, and how athletes can prepare themselves better for that transition. This was an awesome tune in with a ton of great insights.
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Time Stamps:
Cletus Athletic Journey | 1:56 - 12:12
How to develop self-awareness during your playing career | 13:17 - 17:00
What do you love to do? | 18:45 - 26:00
Compete with YOU | 27:10 - 30:18
Run your own race| 31:10 - 34:15
The Recovering Athlete | 35:45 - 41:42
Today's episode features our sponsor and founder of the MindSport meditation app for athletes Ryan Stock. He is a former college basketball player and coach - but later transitioned to learning the foundations of yoga and meditation to deal w/ his own inner struggles. We discuss his journey to the mindfulness space, how meditation can assist athletic performance and much more… Thanks for tuning in - I hope you enjoy!
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This weeks episode features HS Track & Field Coach Larry Weber. He is a former D1 runner at the University of Montana & won the demanding Ultimate Runner Competition... We discuss that race, the dangers of systems based thinking, creating deep belief in yourself, & much more.
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The goal of this podcast is to help you cultivate your unique flow, by bringing on guests who have tapped into theirs!
This episode features current Golden State Warriors forward Marquese Chriss. Quese played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He was selected in the first round of the 2016 NBA draft with the eighth overall pick by the Sacramento Kings, and he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team as a member of the Phoenix Suns in 2017.
We tap in to his flow, what he has learned playing in the league, his favorite moments in the league, mental health in the NBA, and much more!
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This episode features one of the greatest healers in the world. This is only part 1 so stay tuned for part 2!
Robert Greczanik, D.Ac., EAMP, brings a new dimension of healing to the world of athletics. He specializes in Oriental Medicine, Flow States, Sports Medicine, and Energetic technologies. For the past twenty years, he has been serving athletes of all levels in achieving peak performance, injury prevention and rapid recovery. He has worked with organizations and athletes from the: Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trailblazers, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bears, New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies Roma Soccer, University of Washington Football, Soccer, Track and Field, the US Women’s Soccer team, and many individual Professional, College and Olympic Athletes.
By combining Eastern and Western healing modalities, he has discovered new ways to optimize the body’s energy system to improve performance, increase efficiency and consistency, enhance recovery and give teams the competitive advantage of having healthy players. He is a pioneer in the arena of in-game enhancement as a Player Performance Consultant. He is able to facilitate energetic adjustments on athletes to get them into their zone. Players who have received these adjustments are able access the full range of their skills and ability through a relaxed focus. They gain heightened spatial awareness and have expressed feeling more connected to one another, which enhances team play. The result is a team that functions more cohesively on and off the courts as their energetic systems are synced to a shared high performance frequency. His clinic is in Bellevue, WA and he travels extensively throughout the US to work with Athletes, Coaches and Teams.
Time Stamps:
1:36 | Who is Dr. Bob? What is his approach in medicine?
6:32 | His connection to sports & sports performance
8:18 | Acupuncture points from a sports sense/ flow
9:55 | What is FLOW?
13:10 | Dopamine vs Serotonin - Human connection
15:00 | More on Flow
17:45 | Prevention over Cure... Self-Nourishment
23:30 | No connection no gain
28:41 | Real Time Acupuncture
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This episode features former Washington State Cougars Football Player Isaac Dotson. Isaac was a 3-Year Starter at WSU... And just recently finished tour with Marc E Bassy. This is a deep tune in where we discuss how to let go and tap into the FLOW... The importance of mental health (meditation, visualization, etc).. His tour experience.. and much more.Â
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Time Stamps:
1:43 | HIs definition of Flow
2:53 | Creating flow in practice
4:57 | How he didn't put himself in a box... Identity
6:45 | Transitioning from QB to Defense @ WSU
11:45 | His Peak Performance (Against Stanford & Christian Mccaffrey)
14:40 | Flow in Football
16:43 | Trusting Yourself
20:40 | Meditation / Visualization
23:41 | Self Discipline
29:34| Tour with Marc E. Bassy
36:38| His Music / Tour Experience
41:00| Closing Thoughts / Challenge
Ryan Appleby played basketball for the University of Washington.. but is much more than that. Ryan is one of the deepest guys that I have met. He has helped me tremendously in my journey.. and I hope this video can assist you as well.
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Time Stamps-
1:42 | His Journey Growing Up
5:42 | Talent Code
9:05 | Balancing Enjoyment & Achievement of Goals
11:00 | His Visualization Practice
15:09 | Fear Kills Instinct
16:54 | Mindfulness
20:38 | Anxiety / Patience in Practice of Awareness
24:05 | Process of Knowing Himself
Sponsor: #1 Meditation App for Athletes - MindSport: https://mymindsport.com
Coach Bryan Hoddle was the 2004 Paralympics Track & Field Head Coach. He has trained countless amputee athletes and ex soldiers. He is currently retired but still trains and assists professional and collegiate athletes. He dives deep into coaching, training smarter - not harder, injury prevention, and much more.
Time Stamps
1:07 | Coaching Background
4:30 | How training amputee athletes has assisted his coaching skills
6:30 | His unique training style
14:45 | The pressures on kids to get scholarships / Multi Sport Athletes
17:20 | Cell Phone Distraction
18:40 | Warming up vs Stretching
19:46 | Importance of the foot / Big Toe
21:20 | The mental side
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The Flow Station Podcast.
The goal is to help you cultivate your unique flow by bringing on guests who have tapped into theirs.
1:45 | Current Flow
2:55 | Walk on to NCAA D1 Leading Scorer / NBA Draft pick
9: 43 | Game vs NAU - Staying ready. 14 points in 10 min
11:20 | Mental Health Advocate
13:10 | Stance on Meditation / Therapy
22:10 | His definition of Flow
23:25 | 58 Point Game
29:20 | Rest / Recovery
32:46 : In The Moment Brand
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This episode features Olympic Decathlete Jeremy Taiwo. He dives deep into his flow space, his journey to becoming the athlete he is today, the effects of our cell phones on our human connection (Dopamine vs Serotonin), how he faces challenges, and much more.
He also describes his World Record high jump performance and many other fantastic stories.
Jeremy is currently preparing for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
Enjoy!
Today’s episode features Michael Knight. Michael is a former Division 1 & Professional Basketball player. He currently trains many high school, college, and pro basketball players - while also tuning in to music and is a Co-Founder of the R3Bar Rehabilitation tool. He is a deep cat who dives deep into his process of staying locked in on his goals and flow. Enjoy!
Podcast Notes
2:06 - Definition of Flow
4:00 - Spiritual Path
6:42 - Importance of Presence & Rituals
11:02 - Social Media Balance & Development - Tuning in vs Getting lost on Social Media
15:55 - Balancing Social Media & Autonomy in the CRAFT.
18:10 - Improving yourself & growing with self love. Working on yourself without judgment.
23:00 - Not Judging the Space of the Day
27:03 - Keeping your star lit - childlike wonderment in the enjoyment of LIFE.
31:30: Childlike Wonderment Origin Story
34:00: Having a coach to check and balance your growth process. Connecting to the game at a deeper level.
37:34: R3Bar Rehabilitation Tool
42:14: Inspiration for his basketball training style and moves.
47:17: Peak Performance in the Past
48:36: Mike’s Music Passion
51:20: Human Being vs Human Do-er
55:00: $10 Shot
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