How can pickleball teach us not only how to play better, but how to age well, find joy, and live more intentionally?
In this episode, bestselling author Mike Brannon shares his remarkable journey from business executive to nonprofit leader, teacher, massage therapist, and finally pickleball writer and coach. Mike talks about how a chance stop during an oil change led him to discover pickleball, and how that late-life love affair with the game eventually inspired his books Pickleball and the Art of Living and The Joy of Pickleball.
Mike also reflects on why pickleball is such a powerful mirror for life. He explores the deeper lessons hidden in the game, including gratitude, resilience, flexibility, healthy aging, mindset, habit, and the importance of staying open to learning. He shares why pickleball is especially meaningful for senior players, how habits matter more than willpower, and why playing happier is just as important as playing better.
This is a thoughtful and uplifting conversation about pickleball, senior pickleball, healthy aging, pickleball strategy, mindset, joy, gratitude, resilience, habit, community, and the life lessons that help us play better, feel better, and live with more meaning.
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A collection of short, true stories from players around the world about community, resilience, and joy through the game of pickleball.
A portion of proceeds supports Operation PaddleLift, through the Global Pickleball Federation, distributing paddles, balls and nets to underserved communities around the world.
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