Team Early AF: Recent Episodes
William Koepke
The quest for regenerative health, fitness, and wellness through outdoor living, hunting, local farming, and becoming native to a place. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/william-koepke/support
Join Jeremy and I as we recap the April Nature walk.
We chat all about birds, climate, the value in old and dead trees, and some teasers for May outdoor community events and future Tapped Maple Syrup releases.
Join us on the next walk on May 9th, details at the FB group link.
SP Nature Group
Advocate Wellness Services - (My Gym)
Tapped Maple Syrup
Team Early And Fit Patreon
Scholze Family Beef – Amazing Taste, Delivered
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My friend Jeremy Solin and I recap month 9 of our Green Circle Nature wander project.
We chat watersheds, migrating birds, this crazy winter/spring, and of course that liquid gold maple syrup.
You can find out more about the wandering group HERE
Team Early And Fit on PATREON
Tapped Maple Syrup PAGE
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Join Jeremy Solin and I for the February Nature walk recap. This "el nino" winter has been wild, and this walk was no different.
Making time to take a trip out into nature without a productivity goal. No need to measure calories, distance, or intensity. Our goal will be a better understanding of our home and the plants and wildlife we live with. Excited to share our mutual love of wandering in the woods with everyone.
Buy Tapped Maple Syrup
THE GOODS
AWS Gym Info
AWS
Remote Coaching or to support the show
TEAF
Scholze Family Beef Box
BEEF
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Join Counselor Steve and I as we discuss "Restoration" the February Mental Health topic of the month.
Every month Steve and I chat about the monthly topic from a physical and mental health perspective.
More Info about the Gym
AWS
For Remote Coaching or to Support the Show
TEAF
Scholze Family Beef Box
BEEF
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Jeremy and I recap the January Nature walk.
We finally got snow, polar vortex temps, following animal tracks in the snow, how do ducks stay warm and dry in the winter, and Jeremy's feeling for the 2024 maple syrup season.
Join the FB group for monthly walk dates and updates.
Gym Info
Tapped Maple Syrup
Home | Scholze Family Beef
Team Early AF Patreon
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Welcome to the January Update for AWS. Counselor Steve and I chat what we have going on with the program for January and what community events we
have planned.
We will be covering Recovery, Restoration, and Resiliency to start the year.Like what you hear?
Join us for a 1 week workout trial in January or February this year!
Team Early AF on Patreon
patreon.com/user?u=10594390
Scholze family beef
Home | Scholze Family BeefAWS Website
Support & Accountability - Advocate Wellness Services
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I am joined by Counselor Steve to touch base on our mental health topic for the month, the December Character Mile challenge, and how we are starting to implement community sauna sessions with Nordic Night Sauna.
AWS Info
Support & Accountability - Advocate Wellness Services
Team Early And Fit Patreon Support
patreon.com/user?u=10594390
SP Nature Walk Group
SP Nature Wanderings | Facebook
Scholze Family Beef
Home | Scholze Family BeefNordic Night Sauna
Nordic Night | Stevens Point Area's Public Community Sauna (nordicnightsauna.com)
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The December SP Nature wandering update!
Nature is Neat Video
https://youtu.be/Hm3JodBR-vs?si=sGVTaH5M0s5IYqqR
Dark Sky Project
DarkSky International | Protecting the night skies for present and future generations
Tapped Maple Syrup
Tapped Online Store — Tapped Maple Syrup
Team Early AF Patreon Page
patreon.com/user?u=10594390
AWS Gym Info w/ Bill
Support & Accountability - Advocate Wellness Services
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Back in the studio with Jeremy Solin (I believe the last time was 2022 sap season...crazy.)
Jeremy and I go over our outdoor wandering project we started in July. Inviting folks for a morning ecology walk on the Paper Mill segment of the Green Circle Trail.
SP Nature Wanderings Group
We want more people to get outside and learn about our natural world.
Want to support the podcast visit my Patreon page
Team Early AF
Find out more about my gym AWS
Tapped Maple Syrup
Order your Wisconsin Beef Box
Scholze Family Beef
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Welcome back to the podcast!
In this episode counselor Steve and I give everyone an overview of the mental health topics for the month and chat about the 1 year of AWS and our mental - physical training program.
Find out more about AWS
Want to support the show - visit our patreon page
Team Early AF
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Scholze Family Beef
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Counselor Steve and I sit down to chat about all the changes with our facility, program, and mental health topic for the month.Want to learn more about AWS and our approach to whole person mental and physical health?
reach out here - https://www.advocatewellnessservices.com/
Patreon Support HERE
Scholze Family Beef - Home | Scholze Family Beef
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Counselor Steve and I hit up the studio for a recap of May AWS mental health content. We chat boundaries at the family, work, and friendship levels. Some great actionable steps for those looking to make some changes or bring awareness to their personal boundaries.
Want to learn more about AWS and our approach to whole person mental and physical health?
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Counselor Steve and I sit down to chat about the April AWS mental health topic of change. We talk about change in life and physical health along with ways to reflect, understand, and live with these changes.
We are also excited to share some added benefits for AWS members starting in May.
1:1 therapy sessions for anyone in your family included in your membership.
Referral perks for friends and family that start with your invite.
Journaling - Steve and I talk about the benefits of journaling for understanding change in the world, our lives, and our minds. A recent book I have been working through called Perspectives by Jack Ricchiuto is one I would highly recommend. It covers a broad base of styles for journaling and how they can help us.
http://nuanceworks.com/store/perspectives
Emotional Intelligence Book - As a coach Emotional Intelligence and empathy are vital for successful communication. Both Steve and I are big fans of the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/emotional-intelligence-20-travis-bradberry/1101000937
AWS link for counseling - want to learn more about AWS or start your mental and physical health journey? Follow the link below.
https://www.advocatewellnessservices.com/rise-fitness/
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A march update for the intersection of mental and physical training we are doing at AWS/Team Early and Fit.
Join Steve and I as we go over technology use, topics covered at the gym, and technology habits each of us has changed this past month.
Want to learn more about AWS and our approach to whole person mental and physical health?
reach out here - https://www.advocatewellnessservices.com/
Want to learn more about remote coaching or schedule a phone consult for fitness, sports medicine, or outdoor training?
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“If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.” - LBJ
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Bill here, I wanted to start off with a big thank you to everyone that has supported the show or my coaching in person or remote. 2022 offered up some big changes in my life professionally, I am now operating under my own business Team Early and Fit along with collaborating with Steve Johnson a local counselor that owns his practice. I am excited for 2023 and the direction my coaching service is headed and the growth along with it.
In this first episode of 2023 I wanted to introduce Steve Johnson who will be a regular on the show. Steve and I will be reviewing our monthly program of mental and physical training at AWS/Rise Fitness. Steve and I cover the big changes and the creation of this idea since fall of last year, and we review some of the topics covered in that time.
OUR MISSION
We want our members to learn, grow, and reach their goals – both physical and mental.
Accountability will be maintained through in-person morning training times, an online group, and app check-ins with other members and coaches.
Life is easier when you are connected with other people who care about you, who invest in your mental health, and who help you seek your best physical well-being.
If you are without community, AWS is a connecting point for many different ways to pursue healthiness.
you can find out more here.
Steve Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He helps teens, adults, couples and families with a variety of issues and concerns.
You can find out more about Steve and I here.
Want to learn more about my coaching for remote or in person options or to support the show you can visit my patreon page here.
otherwise you can email me coachbillkoepkeatc@gmail.com
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Rolling into another year of spring activities! The TEAF podcast has always been about the intersection of community, fitness, and food. There is no better way to celebrate this than with the spring maple season. Sharing space with the trees, feeling the heart beat of the forest, carrying buckets, long nights of cooking sap, and celebrating life with friends. I am joined by my friend Kelly (my co-host on the WI BHA podcast,) Jeremy Solin for our third Maple Podcast, and by Chris Munson and her daughter Rio Greendeer. Chris and Rio share with us how maple season is done in their family with Ho-Chunk and Oneida culture.
I love this podcast every year and I hope it helps to motivate people to start tapping their own trees and we can all start carrying our own pocket syrups.
Tapped Maple Syrup - https://www.tappedmaplesyrup.com/
Badger Talk Live Podcast w/ Jeremy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufEyoTa7GLc
"This too is what it means to be a citizen of Maple Nation, having maple in your bloodstream, maple in your bones. We are what we eat, and with every golden spoonful maple carbon becomes human carbon. Our traditional thinking had it right: maples are people, people are maples." - Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Out of the 2020 carbonite or ashes maybe...I wanted to bring you this bonus episode with just recently announced Team USA Olympic Cross-Country Skier Kevin Bolger.
One of the last "normal" podcasts recorded before the pandemic. I am joined by my friend Jared Linzmeier of Ruby Coffee to co-host this episode. We chat with Minocqua native Kevin Bolger on Olympic skiing, training mindset, the importance of getting outside, and if I remember correctly we had tasty scones and Ruby snacks.
A great conversation and I hope you all enjoy!
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In this Episode I am joined by Jacob Heppner of Grit Performance to talk fitness, competition, and life secrets for going into week 3 of the Bullet Point Open.
Event 4 Psyche break down and strategy is towards the end of the podcast... We get sidetracked with all good things covering the athlete identity, benefits of competition, taking on new challenges, and finding coaches so we can grow.
Jacob Heppner and Winston on IG - https://www.instagram.com/jheppner66/?hl=en
tactical games - https://www.thetacticalgames.com/
Grit performance - https://gritperformance.co/
Bullet Point Psyche Workout - https://www.bulletpointcompetition.com/event-item/psyche/
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We are into week 2 of the Bullet Point Open with event three (Popeye) of the competition.
Michael and I from week one are joined by Kristy Aavang and Brandon Leath from CrossFit Liberty Hill. We talk how the Open is going, community aspects of competitions, fitness, Popeye strategy, and more.
Popeye Event 3 - https://www.bulletpointcompetition.com/event-item/popeye/
CrossFit Liberty Hill - http://www.crossfitlibertyhill.com/
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Excited to get the ball rolling this season with another Bullet Point Series. Joined in week 1 by my friends Abby General Manager of Bark River CrossFit, and Mike Aavang athlete at Liberty Hill CrossFit.
We dive into all things fitness, motivation, and their approach to health and wellness as parents.
This episode we break down strategy and mindset for events 1 and 2 of the Bullet Point Open. We wrap up the episode with the big news in the CrossFit world of Dave Castro being let go from CF HQ.
Still time to get registered!
Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bullet-point-open-2022-registration-177648139367
Event 1 https://www.bulletpointcompetition.com/event-item/squid-game/
Event 2 https://www.bulletpointcompetition.com/event-item/3-rep-meh/
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It has been A LONG time since my last coaches corner podcast. A year of helping my dad recover from multiple poor spinal fusion operations has been a test. No one prepares you for watching your parents get old and have their physical capacity taken from them. Challenges all the identities and roles you had created for you and your loved ones. This year I have also been volunteering more in various organizations and leaning more into helping the local community where I can.
A big thank you to the patrons of the show. You support has kept the website and digital catalog up and running. Along with the show we were able to host local meal prep workshops for people at Central Rivers Farmshed in Stevens Point, and use the funds to get multiple people involved in hunting. After taking the Becoming an Outdoors Woman Mentor training back in early 2020 I wanted to make sure I continued down that path in some small way.
Thank you to Scholze Family beef, long time supporter of the show and all things Seasonal AF meal prep. Check our their custom Wisconsin beef options shipped right to your door!
This episode of Coaches Corner, we sit down with David Derus of Midwest Peak Performance to chat the Head Games Event we have coming up this week at D1 Training Stevens Point. How do we start forging a more resilient mind and build some strong habits along the way? Those topics and more discussed!
Midwest Peak Performance
Head Games event
David Podcast on Highway to Well w/ Derek Bell
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How do we become native to a place? A question Jeremy Solin brought up on episode 1 of the SeasonalAF tour for 2021. I cant help but think that educating ourselves on the "weeds" growing around us may be a great first place to start.
Joined by my friends Chris Gavin of Eagle Outdoor Skills and Kelly VanLaanen of Becoming an Outdoors Woman to talk about foraging, the land ethic, and the various programs they offer to teach people how to live WITH their environment.
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Back in the studio for the final pre-hunt prep podcast with Kelly and Peggy. We break down hunting logistics for our new hunters Lyna and Mike. Many nuggets and pearls for hunting mentors, new hunters, or people interested in tongue pressure for mouth calls...
With all the scuttlebutt around R3 in the hunting world we hope this can be the start of reimagining how we learn and share about these outdoor traditions. A love of the outdoors for everyone will help our conservation efforts going forward.
Excited to share it with you all.
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We are back for episode 2 of Turkey Hunting 101. Kelly and I are joined by Wildlife Biologist Sara Kehrli to talk all things turkey in Wisconsin. We dive into habitat, hunting logistics, social structure, what the turkey stamp is, and more.
There have been a few anti-R3 articles posted from some mainstream hunting organizations. While they each may have a valid concern or two, I could not disagree more with the thinking R3 does not have an important part to play in continuing in sharing and evolving our outdoor pursuits. Quality over quantity and creating a new way of sharing has been the goal of this project.
Enjoy, and reach out if you need any help.
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I love Seasonal Books. Stories that follow the changing of the seasons on the landscape. The most common may be A Sand County Almanac.
I prefer the Last River Rat. My current seasonal read for 2021 is Onigamiising Seasons of an Ojibwe Year. I am absolutely loving it, and both of these last two reads agree with me that the year should start with spring not mid winter january...any ways.
I am joined by my friends Kat of Cattail Organics and Jeremy of Tapped Maple Syrup to welcome in the new year by talking about all things Maple, the Land Ethic, family, business, and more maple syrup.
Enjoy!
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We started the SeasonalAF series with the maple season. Now we dive into chasing turkeys. We will be guided by my friend Kelly VanBeek a biologist, and the best damn turkey tactician I know. We will learn all the things about how to enjoy spring and chase some gobblers.
The "WE" is myself, Chef Mike of Chef C's Munchie Mobile/Father Fats/Chef's Kitchen here in Stevens Point. He is a 5 year hunter who loves eating local, making amazing meals, and interested in improving his hunting skills. Lyna Matesi the UWSP MBA director is my other turkey hunting buddy that will be going into her first hunting season. She wants to learn all the things!
We are joined in this first episode by guest host Peggy Farrell of the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program here at UWSP. She will be our guide into this world of hunting stories, being a good buddy, and continuing the human tradition of hunting. I hope this series will be a guide for people looking to mentor with a learning style, and also help those looking to get started on their own.
Please reach out with anything you would like to see covered.
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