Hosted by Gerry van der Walt · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 90 episodes
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Dive into a raw, unfiltered journey where Gerry van der Walt, a Mindset & Performance Coach and Arctic Expedition Leader, pushes the boundaries of human potential and performance.Expect edgy insights, real talk on breaking comfort zones, and soon, electrifying interviews with trailblazers who dare to live fully. This isn’t just a podcast—it’s your wake-up call to chase possibility, one bold step at a time.
Gerry van der Walt hosts The Gerry van der Walt Podcast, a society show with 90 episodes published.
In this episode, I talk about why you already know exactly what's holding you back - and why you keep avoiding it anyway. It's time to stop negotiating with the version of yourself that's been keeping you stuck.
The final piece in the geography series. Returning home after intense travel with new awareness about the difference between facilitating other people's experiences and actually living your own. About making peace with c
From the Mara River after witnessing incredible wildlife crossings, I explore how to find lightness and wonder even while carrying the weight of difficult choices. Sometimes joy and complexity can occupy the same coordin
After 23 years as a safari and expedition guide, I share the raw truth about fear of change and why the anticipation of difficult decisions is almost always worse than the decisions themselves. View the whole Geography s
We take complex situations and make them binary, which means we miss all the nuance. In this episode I talk about the the space where most of life actually happens. You can read my latest newsletter here: https://gerryva
After twenty-three years of guiding, I share the raw truth about what it costs to live other people's adventures while missing your own life. This deeply personal reflection explores what I call the "geography of missing
You can't control your anxious thoughts any more than you can control your heartbeat, but you can control how you respond to them. Instead of being a dictator demanding your anxiety disappear, become a collaborator who w
When you keep your problems locked in your head, they grow and distort because they never face reality - your mind isn't meant to store unprocessed pain, and problems that live only in your thoughts can't be solved. This
In this episode, I explore what might be the most fundamental misunderstanding about human fulfillment: our obsession with happiness. I argue that happiness is fool's gold that makes you fragile and dependent on circumst
We've forgotten the essential rhythm between effort and rest, mistaking constant availability for dedication when it's really just fear. Without clear boundaries, work invades every corner of life while our bodies and re
High IQ doesn't guarantee happiness. In fact, brilliant people often live the loneliest lives. This episode breaks down how overdependence on pure intellect - while ignoring emotional and social skills - creates massive
In this episode I share some new blog posts that has some great value. You can link to the newsletter and the blog below: Newsletter: https://gerryvanderwalt.kit.com/posts/landscapes-insights-and-what-s-next Blog: https:
Just because you don't believe in gravity doesn't mean it won't kill you when you step off a cliff. This morning, I woke up feeling like sh*t. Low. Not physically. Mentally. That heavy cloud that sits on your chest. The
In this episode, I explore our deeply ingrained habit of avoiding self-reflection and the transformative power of sitting with our own uncomfortable thoughts. Through personal experiences like facing a complete whiteout
In this episode, I explore the vital space between achievements—the emotional void that follows our greatest triumphs. Drawing from my Arctic expedition experiences, I discuss why this post-accomplishment crash isn't fai
Welcome to Monday! We are the only mammal on the planet that gets born without a purpose or exact plan as to what we're supposed to do with our life. It's up to you to find your life task and making stories is a great wa
Welcome to Monday! Whether you're trying to 'fix' something and work on self care or you have goals you're chasing, it's important to make sure you maintain focus and not get distracted which, in today's world, can be qu
Welcome to Monday! Conversation around work-life balance can make us quite anxious as it often feels like a very challenging thing to navigate. By being aware of the three elements that you need to juggle - work, relatio
Welcome to Monday! We all want to be better, do better and feel better and there are a lot of protocols and exercises you can deploy as a part of you self development and self care journey. But sometimes, when you're doi
When you start down the road of self development and self care it can be difficult to keep going and keep staying on track. During times like these, try and imagine what that goal would FEEL like and then reverser engine
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