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PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life53. Let’s Talk About Growth: Reflections and Thoughts on Looking Back To Move ForwardIn this episode, I go back to the roots of the podcast which is built on the 4 cornerstones of Information, Instruction, Inspiration, and Implementation and talk about some ideas and concepts that have been more relevant for me this year. As we move towards the end of another year, I share 10 reflections that are centered on personal growth and development and building a better life that aligns with who we are and what we are aiming to become. Below are the 10 principles that I discuss. Tune in to get the deeper dive and the more de...
2025-12-2135 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life52. Write Your Own Rhythm: Music, Motivation, and the Creative Process - Part 2 of my Conversation with Jerald SimonIn part 2 of my discussion with Jerald Simon, we discuss key values and the impact of developing a positive and growth oriented mindset. Jerald also shares more about his books including his recent release “How To Experience More Peace and Positivity in Life”- the 30 Day Challenge.More about Jerald's Work:Jerald Simon is the founder of Music Motivation® and focuses on helping piano students and piano teachers learn music theory, improvisation, and composition. He refers to these areas as: Theory Therapy™, Innovative Improvisation™, and Creative Composition™. Simon is an author and composer and has writ...
2025-12-1443 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life51. Write Your Own Rhythm: Music, Motivation, and the Creative Process - Part 1 of my Conversation with Jerald SimonIn part one of this interview, Jerald and I chat about the ideas of mission and purpose and how it so profoundly impacts us as individuals and others too. We discuss the importance of challenging ourselves and aiming to be well-rounded by trying various activities like sports, dance, drawing, singing, and reading.We talk about the impact that music has played in Jerald’s life, his interest in speaking, teaching, and writing about self-improvement, and also how the subjects of music and motivation connect and intersect throughout his work. More about Jerald’s Work:
2025-12-0657 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life50. The Grateful Parent: Little Lessons and Big ThanksIn this special holiday chat and landmark 50th episode of PerfectWhelm Podcast, I talk about the gratitude I have for getting to be a parent in this life.I share 6 parenting ideals/philosophies that Estalita and I have practiced in raising our three children. Some of these will likely come across as being nonconventional or counterintuitive, so that lines up just fine with many of the nontraditional paths that we have taken.Some of the key philosophies that I explore include the impact of empowering the kids to be decision makers, teaching values, focusing on how t...
2025-11-2724 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life49. Unrushed - Savor The Road On the Unhurried Path: Part 11 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I discuss the idea of Slow Travel. Slow travel is resisting the urge to do or see everything in a single trip or short window of time.When we learn to travel at a slower pace … it allows for more meaningful experiences and serendipitous moments.Slow travel to me is eating in the local restaurants, shopping in the markets, walking in the non touristy parts of town, striking up conversations with locals to learn about local history, traditions, culture, everyday life, utilizing the public transportation, and staying put for a little while.
2025-11-2222 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life48. WanderWise - 5 Ideas For Traveling Smart and Spending Less: Part 10 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesI think you will gain more than just extra bling in your wallet from this travel episode full of money saving tips.I talk about the idea of adopting an “everything is negotiable” mindset while out on the road. I discuss a community hospitality exchange called Couchsurfing that will allow you to connect with other travelers and stay for free on couches or spare bedrooms of service hosts who share your passion for adventure and travel.I share how I conserve funds when it comes to my food budget during my travels including groce...
2025-11-1535 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life47. The Bag, The Trail, The Pilgrims, and an Encounter in Pamplona: Part 9 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this, my third installment of Camino adventure episodes, I share my thoughts on why I met so few people Americans who were in my age group who were walking this trail. I discuss the three main components of the Camino, which include the bag, the trail, and the pilgrims. I finish things up today with a story about my unexpected encounter with a total stranger in Pamplona and how that event impacted the whole Camino experience for me. PerfectWhelm Podcast Links & Resources:-Schedule a free discovery call with me to lea...
2025-11-0841 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life46. Budgets, Blisters, and Big Realizations; The Lowdown on My Camino Journey: Part 8 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I give specifics on budget items for my Camino including things like meals and accommodations. I also share openly about the toll that this pilgrimage had on my body and some of the physical pain I had to push through. I also discuss how I spent my time on the trail every day and offer I some insight and reflections about many of the things I learned from this adventure. Podcast Links & Resources:-Schedule a free discovery call with me to learn more about my coaching programs and services....
2025-11-0128 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life45. A Brief History of The Camino and Why I Walked 500 Miles On This Ancient Trail: Part 7 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I offer a brief history of the Camino, a 776.2 kilometer storied path that runs through a small part of France and stretches across most of Spain. The Camino is often referred to as “The Way of Saint James” There is some anecdotal testimony that James (an apostle of Jesus & the brother of the apostle John) spent a brief period of his life traveling through Spain and ministering to people shortly after the time that Christ dwelled on earth. James is said to have preached the Gospel along "The Way" before returning to Jerusalem where he was...
2025-10-2527 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life44. Insure & Explore; Mixing Travel Fun With Smart Protection: Part 6 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I share my perspective about the importance of obtaining travel insurance before venturing overseas. I have been impacted by my own personal illnesses and also family medical emergencies while overseas. I talk about a few specific incidents where I did have insurance coverage and situations where I did not, and the mayhem that it caused. The only thing worse than a claim is not having insurance when you need it. My specific travel insurance stories are based on real life experiences I’ve had in Finland, England, India, and Belgium. P...
2025-10-1946 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life43. Is Excessive Travel a Disease and Why Jumping Off The Work Hamster Wheel Can Be Life Altering: Part 5 of My Let’s Go Around the Globe Travel SeriesCome along for the ride as I share about my research that labeled excessive travel a psychiatric disorder from the mid 1800’s until the early 2000’s. This condition is called Dromomania, and I’m here to talk more about it. I also talk about my friend Cathy Heller’s perspective concerning how choosing to get off the work centered hamster wheel can be so life altering. I agree with Cathy’s observations that we so often buy into the lie that life is about work-work-work, that our worth is measured in productivity, and we are misguided by...
2025-10-1117 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life42. The Chase Is On: Running From Elk, Dogs, and Sheep In the Wilderness: Part 4 of My Let's Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I talk about the power we have to change our zip code and how spending time in places different from where we’re used to can spark creativity, help us move beyond the expectations of others, and plug into a fresh perspective. I share 3 short stories about getting chased by different animals while hiking in the countryside. The first story involves my dog and I being pursued by a bull elk in Big Sky Country. In the second account, I talk about the time I encountered an angry German shepherd while hiking the...
2025-10-0423 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life41. Turbulence, Lightning Strikes, & a Fiery Engine in The Friendly Skies: Part 3 of My Let’s Go Around The Globe Travel SeriesIn this episode, I talk about my very real fear of flying, and how I literally couldn’t bring myself to travel by plane for a couple of years following the September 11th terrorist attacks. I also talk about the ways I got around air travel and then how Greyhound Bus Lines convinced me to give the skies another try! Stepping into my stand-up comedy alter ego, I then pontificate about how personal parachutes would make better seat accessories than personal flotation devices. I also ask the hard question about why we aren’t constructing airplanes out of th...
2025-09-2727 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life40. Mayhem On The Water: Part 2 of my Let’s Go Around The Globe SeriesIn this episode, I share more about the values and reasons why I explore so often and travel so much. I talk about the resistance, negative feedback, and pushback I have often received from friends, family, teachers, and colleagues regarding my travel habits.I delve into the idea that travel is not running away from something. In my life, it represents running towards something that is very life giving, liberating, fun, challenging, and joyful.I briefly discuss why it is so important that we don’t allow others to choose our life scripts for us....
2025-09-2037 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life39. Bon Voyage - It’s Time To Talk About Travel: Part 1 of my Let’s Go Around The Globe SeriesIn this episode, I kick things off talking about my reasons for loving the open road and how my interest in travel has impacted and improved my life. I share about the goodness that exploring and traveling can offer like fun, adventure, freedom, more empathy and understanding about ourselves and others, and personal growth too…because getting out of our comfort zones is seemingly always a positive thing. I discuss my earliest travel experiences and memories and one misadventure at the age of four that turned out to be a bit thorny! I also reflect on a...
2025-09-1318 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life38. My Letter of Lament To A God Who Is Divinely Hidden and Remarkably SilentIf there ever was an episode where I put awkward honesty and uncomfortable truths out front, this is it! In this solo episode, I have a very honest and vulnerable conversation with God as I reflect on some very raw thoughts, feelings, and reflections related to recent tragedies involving young Christ followers. More specifically, this podcast is my personal letter of mourning and lament concerning the kids who died in the central Texas floods and the children who were both injured and killed in the school/church shooting at the Catholic school in Minnesota. I explore the id...
2025-09-061h 07PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life37. Mindsets, Messaging, and Manifestation - Reflections on Becoming The Most Powerful Version of Yourself: Part 2 of My Conversation with Coach and Social Media Expert Eevi NiemelaEevi Niemela is an internationally accredited empowerment and mindset coach who helps people build their magnetic selves and an online presence so that they can create real freedom and become the actual owners of their own lives through an online business that they’re building. From rock bottom to red carpets, Eevi has built a life and an online business that is garnering attention around the globe, while also allowing her to be location independent.In part 2 of our conversation, Eevi talks about the power of developing consistent habits that are in alignment with our values. Eevi is...
2025-08-3051 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life36. Mindsets, Messaging, and Manifestation - Reflections on Becoming The Most Powerful Version of Yourself: Part 1 of My Conversation with Coach and Social Media Expert Eevi NiemelaEevi Niemela is an Internationally Accredited Empowerment & Mindset Coach. She specializes in self-empowerment and helping people build a magnetic sense of self and an online presence, so they can create real freedom and become the actual owners of their own life through an online business they’re building. Along with the importance of focusing on a healthy mindset, much of Eevi’s work is centered on managing our energy levels and showing up for ourselves in the best possible ways.Eevi has 11 years of academic study in Psychology and also a background in adult education. She has made...
2025-08-2354 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life35. From Alabama With Purpose: A Conversation with Author and Educator Cherith Fluker on Grief, Traveling, and the Power of WritingCherith Fluker is an author, freelance writer, and educator based in Alabama. She has a passion for self-care and sightseeing. She is the creator of WhatCherithinks, a lifestyle and travel blog that encourages people to explore boldly, prioritize their well-being, and embrace new experiences. Her work has been featured in publications like Food, Wine, & Travel Magazine, Hallmark Mahogany, LakeLife 24/7, and Bham Family Magazine. She has partnered with several tourism boards across the country to help tell their stories.With a background in education, Cherith currently leads a team supporting teachers and school districts in the s...
2025-08-161h 02PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life34. From The Islands to Idaho: Podcast Updates, The Beauty of B minus Work, and The Most Inspiring Word in The English LanguageIn this solo episode, I talk about the milestone of now releasing 34 episodes, and how that journey has taken shape for me. I cover the highlights, the challenges, and how being willing to do B minus work and pushing myself to launch this past April has really been such an important piece of this venture. I briefly discuss how perfectionism can often hold us back, and sometimes “done is better than good.”I also share some updates about what you can expect to hear and experience on PerfectWhelm Podcast over the next few weeks and into the mont...
2025-08-0926 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life33. Life Rewritten - The Stories We Tell Ourselves & How Changing Our Inner Narrative Changes Everything: Part 2 Of My Discussion with Bestselling Author Carrie KC WestIn Part 2 of our conversation, Carrie continues sharing with us about the impact of our personal narratives and the power of storytelling.During this second segment, we also discussed the concept of reflecting on the characters in our lives and their relationships to our stories. This is also an important element when it comes changing the plot and rewriting the narratives.Carrie discusses the importance too of paying attention to themes and motivations in our personal stories. If we are to break the cycles we are in, we must learn to ask questions about the...
2025-08-0245 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life32. Life Rewritten - The Stories We Tell Ourselves & How Changing Our Inner Narrative Changes Everything: Part 1 Of My Discussion with Bestselling Author Carrie KC WestIn Part 1 of this 2 part conversation, Carrie shares about the challenges of her early life growing up in Pittsburgh and the impact that being rejected, ignored, and often abandoned as a baby and young child had on the first narratives and stories of her childhood.Carrie shares how storytelling and using her imagination to help get her through dark moments as a child was so instrumental for her in finding some level of comfort and building a resilience within herself that contributed to her very survival.Origin stories contribute to the formation of early beliefs...
2025-07-261h 01PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life31. Processing Tragedy, Loss, and the Harsh Realities of a Missing God: Part 1 of My Letter of Lamentation & Confronting My Own Questions About Divine HiddennessIn this episode, I discuss the recent flooding in central Texas and the heartbreaking tragedy that resulted in several people losing their lives.Many of those who perished were children, mostly young girls who were part of Camp Mystic, a cabin full of young campers and counselors who were there to have fun, learn about their faith, and draw closer to God.Setting the stage with some details about my own religious deconstruction and my break away from organized religion over the past 6-7 years, I talk about the realities that the Christian God was...
2025-07-2358 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life30. What Coaching Has Taught Me: 5 Personal Development TruismsToday I break down 4 ideas that I’ve learned during my personal development coaching journey along with one very important story about Focus and Discipline.First, I discuss some thoughts about a component of human personality called the ego and how it can impact our sense of self.Next, I dig in to 7 questions that we might ask ourselves if we are struggling to finish things or if we’re having difficulty with staying on track as we pursue our goals.The third principle I dive into relates to defining what we want and...
2025-07-1922 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life29. A Trip to the Mountains: Thoughts on Missed Financial Opportunities, Bitcoin, And Previews of Upcoming EpisodesDuring this podcast, I discuss our recent 3 day trip north to the mountains of Park City, a beautiful alpine town we used to call home.I share about a failure to sell and then a sell too early that cost us 600K in real estate profits… as well as my other poorly timed financial decisions involving Amazon and smaller crypto holdings.I discuss my conviction to not make the same mistakes with Bitcoin while avoiding the temptations to chase profits, to not let emotions get to us during up and down markets, and commit to pl...
2025-07-1221 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life28. You Could Learn a Lot From a Finn Part 3: Efficiency, Equality, and the Benefits of Cold Water SwimmingToday we talk about the cold water immersion and winter swimming and the physical and mental benefits associated with this very Finnish rite of passage.We chat about the link between sauna culture and cold water immersion.We dive into the benefits of being in cold water for just 30 seconds and how the “happy hormones” and endorphins can become activated, thus creating a powerful hormone storm.Other positives associated with spending time in an icy river, a chilly lake, or a winter dip in the Baltic Sea include improved blood circulation, burning calories, boos...
2025-07-0927 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life27. You Could Learn a Lot From a Finn Part 2: Saunas, Schools, and Sisu in FinlandIn this episode, I share 3 more concepts that I absolutely find unique and fascinating about the Finnish culture and way of life.First, I share how the sauna experience influences and shapes Finnish life. A sauna is the place for cleansing the mind and body and Finland has close to 3.5 million of them… which is noteworthy for a country with only 5.5 million people. I discuss some health benefits of the practice along with a story that relates to my first ever sauna experience in Finland.Next, I talk about the world-renowned Finnish education system and ho...
2025-07-0531 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life26. You Could Learn a Lot from a Finn - Part 1 of My Favorite Lessons While Living in FinlandIn this episode, I share about the factors that led me to reach a state of professional burnout in my coaching and teaching job in the winter of 2008-09.Around that time, a tremendous opportunity presented itself to coach professional American football in Finland during the 2009 season, and I discuss the decision-making process my family and I exercised as we faced the challenges that stood in the path of us making this dream a reality.After giving some basic stats about the country, I share about the general characteristics and qualities of Finnish people and...
2025-07-0231 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life25. What about Goals, What about Bob? A Bucket of Insights Aimed at Getting the Results and Outcomes That You DesireIn this episode, I explore Goal orientation and Goal setting from a different angle and a nuanced perspective. Many of these things I learned from my mentor Kris Robertson while I studied for my certification in Personal Performance Coaching at the Coaching Academy in London, England. During this conversation, we go beyond “SMART” Goals frameworks that we so often hear about in mainstream spaces.From a coaching perspective, effective goal setting begins with getting clarity around the idea of “What Does Good Look Like?”Dreams are often mistaken for goals and you might...
2025-06-2828 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life24. Forgiving But Never Forgetting: Part 2 of my Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Eva SchlossIn this episode, Eva offers more insights and details about the horrors of camp life at Auschwitz. She shares about some chance encounters she had with her father and also her luck in obtaining a job in “Canada”… the location where the stolen belongings like clothing, jewelry, food, and money were taken from the Jews as they were initially processed into the camp.There is also a story where Eva’s mom is selected for the gas chamber after several months in the camp as she has grown thin and weak from the lack of food and terrible...
2025-06-251h 17PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life23. Surviving Auschwitz: A Conversation with Anne Frank's Stepsister, Eva Schloss, About the Horrors of the HolocaustJoin me in this episode as I take a walk back through one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century, Holocaust. I am joined by a very strong woman who I have called a friend for more than 5 years now. Eva Schloss is the stepsister of Anne Frank, and a survivor of the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camps during World War 2.In this episode, we begin where Eva is 9 years old and living with her brother and parents in Vienna, Austria. It is the late 1930’s and Hitler is rising in power. There is already a g...
2025-06-211h 06PerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life22. Grit, Goals, and Global Hoops in the Land of Fire and Ice: My Chat with Professional Basketball Player Abby BeemanIn today’s episode, I speak with professional basketball player Abby Beeman, who currently plays pro hoops in Iceland. Abby was a dual sport all state athlete during her high school days at Frankfort High School in Ridgeley, West Virginia where she excelled at both basketball and track and field.We discuss Abby’s college playing career at Division 2 Shepherd University and then later on in her journey when she transferred to Division 1 Marshall University. Abby was a 2 time All-American at Shepherd and helped lead them to the NCAA tournament. While at Marshall, Abby was the named the Su...
2025-06-1800 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life21. Telling It Like Micah: Storycraft & Effective Marketing At the Intersection of Connection, Community, Curiosity, and the Creative ArtsMy guest for this episode is Micah Beachy Gilkeson. Micah is a storyteller, content creator, and marketing strategist passionate about authentic connection. She is the founder of M Creative Society, a boutique social media and content agency, and the voice behind Postcards from Micah, a lifestyle and travel brand that showcases hidden gems locally and globally. Micah’s work highlights a thoughtful blend of creativity and strategy, helping brands and businesses tell their stories with impact. She is also a co-founder of Raleigh Women in Marketing, a growing professional community focused on connection, education, and mentorship. Based in Raleigh, Nor...
2025-06-1449 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life20. Unshaken: Where Strength Meets Voice with Isabel GrueneichIn today’s episode I am joined by Isabel Grueneich, a social advocate and graduate student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Field.Isabel and I discussed some of the larger social issues facing the world today and she shares her perspectives on the disconnect that often exists when our judgment of others overrides our sense of empathy and understanding for how an individual may have gotten from Point A to Point B. She points out the importance of investing the time to listen to people so that we can better understand how they have chosen to su...
2025-06-1148 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life19. Community, Core Practices, Christianity, & Conflicting Theology: Part 2 of my Discussion with Amanda OsterAmanda Oster is my first ever Podcast guest interview, and I want to thank her for being a part of the show and sharing her thoughts, experiences, and some great stories with us. This interview kicks off this 8 episode series that I’ve named “Women In The World: Voices and Perspectives In Their Own Words.”This is Part 2 of my interview with Amanda. In this episode, she shares more about her experiences as a church leader and female pastor in a space that is traditionally dominated by males. We also dive into the problematic and exclusi...
2025-06-0755 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life18. Community, Core Practices, Christianity, & Conflicting Theology: Part 1 of my Discussion with Amanda OsterAmanda Oster is my first ever Podcast guest interview, and I want to thank her for being a part of the show and sharing her thoughts, experiences, and some great stories with us. This interview kicks off this 8 episode series that I’ve named “Women In The World: Voices and Perspectives In Their Own Words.”In this episode, Amanda shares about her experiences with Community. Specifically, she dives into the idea that it’s not necessarily hard to find community, but communities can be challenging to build. We must take the first step and it’s all about enga...
2025-06-0449 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life17. Ladies First: A Preview of Our First Series of Guest InterviewsWelcome to this truly exciting Preview Episode. In this chat, I will discuss my very first series of Guest Interviews.This kickoff to Guest Interviews will be centered on Women’s Perspectives, Voices, and Experiences In the World. In fact, I’m calling the series “Women In the World: Voices & Perspectives In Their Own Words.”One of the intentional aims of the PerfectWhelm Podcast is to flip the script and shine the spotlight on individuals and groups of people who either aren’t listened to first, or maybe aren’t listened to much at all. This would in...
2025-05-3108 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life16. Part Deux of Contrarian Concoctions & Don't Make Sense PhilosophiesIn this second part of my discussion on Contrarian Philosophies and Nonconventional Thinking, I delve into 3 more ideas associated with swimming upstream and challenging mainstream patterns.First, I dive into the principle that we should give what we need. This is counterintuitive for sure. I discuss how giving first offers connection to others and ourselves. It offers a pathway for human flourishing and abundance.Next, I talk about the pitfalls of engineering our lives with firm expectations. I share how entering into most situations with pre-conceived notions about how things should turn out can ultimately l...
2025-05-2818 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life15. The Way of the Contrarian: The Beauty of Embracing Unconventional Wisdom and Ideas that Support Living Your Best Nonconformist Life.In this episode, I explore the first three of six principles that I will discuss on unconventional ideals and guidelines that don’t get neatly wrapped into mainstream thinking.The idea here is to consider some contrarian points of view. A contrarian is someone who opposes or rejects popular opinion and reasons independently from the ground up… resisting the pressure to always conform.The first idea I discuss involves the metaphorical principle of “Eating Dessert First.” I explore the idea that life is uncertain, often very fragmented and unpredictable. With tomorrow not being promised, we should no...
2025-05-2422 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life14. Living In The Now: How Prioritizing Being Present Can Enrich Our Daily LivesIn my shortest episode to date, I talk about the intentional decision we can make to be more present in our lives.One of the most impactful ways to enrich our daily lives is to choose to be present with our circumstances, our thoughts, and our interactions with ourselves and others. When we allow ourselves to stay in the moment, it can help us reduce our human tendencies to be in a continual state of analysis, judgment, and assessment. Being fully present opens the door for us to let our emotions flow through us, without w...
2025-05-2109 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life13. No Gaines No Pain: You won't believe what Sergeant Gaines said about PainThis is a story-form episode concerning the role that struggle and pain plays in personal growth.The setting is a classroom at the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences building on the grounds of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. It is the middle of July in 1991.I am one of 62 soldiers who meet for the final academic session of our 20 week training course in Behavioral Sciences. With one last dose of instruction before graduation ceremonies begin later that day, a middle-aged Sergeant who is the teacher of our class leads us on...
2025-05-1715 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life12. How Do We Build Up Our Personal Resilience?: Tips, Tools, and Strategies That Make a DifferenceIn the third and final segment of this mini-series on Personal Resilience, I offer 6 specific tools and strategies for helping us when we face difficult times, challenging circumstances, and life altering traumatic events.The 6 strategies include:- Discover your resources and ask for help- Tune in to your situation & educate yourself - “Aim small, miss small” is all about a narrow focus- Care about something greater than yourself- Find a few reasons to smile and tap into gratitude- Take a daily dose of your MEDS, and I’m not talk...
2025-05-1518 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life11. When The Obstacle Becomes The Way: Cultivating and Building Resilience in the Presence of TragedyIn this solo episode, I talk about 3 separate tragedies that showed up in my youth, significant events that all happened in the first ten years of my life. I share how these situations laid the groundwork and a sort of foundation for me to cultivate a resilient mindset, even as my life was swirling with grief, deep loss, pain, fear, and uncertainty.Some of the early building blocks of resilience that surfaced for me in my youth and continued on and evolved as I grew older include finding refuge in the social support of your s...
2025-05-1032 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life10. Rolling Into Resilience: Part OneIn this episode, I begin by using visual imagery to define the word resilience. The dictionary definition of resilience is the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties, and the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape.I discuss how important a role mindfulness plays when it comes to gaining a better understanding of how impactful resilience can be in our lives. Mindfulness is that ability to pay attention on purpose without judgment.We go deeper into descriptive language that talks about the properties of a mindset. A mindset...
2025-05-0716 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life9. I Had an Episode of Anxiety Yesterday and This is What It Looked and Felt LikeToday I talk about an experience I had while filming one of my early guestepisodes this past week. I had what I would describe as a social anxietypanic attack. I experienced these reactions frequently in my teens andtwenties, and although they became less common in the past 25 years orso… they can still appear without any notice.For me, the onset of one of these attacks has been closely related tohaving to introduce or tell about myself to others like in the beginning of theye...
2025-05-0318 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life8. Troubled Times: How Thieves & Scam Artists Tried to Derail Our Business and What We Did To Fight BackBuilding and growing a business can be tough when dealing with the challenges of hiring great staff, promoting your products, and managing costs. Being profitable when people are stealing from you on a daily basis or when curious customers turn into scam artists who want to destroy your business makes it even tougher.In this episode of the podcast, I first share about how a busy and profitable night one December weekend evening during our Christmas rush turned into mayhem. I talk about how a ring of scam artists faked a medical emergency in the midst of...
2025-04-3028 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life7. Profits and Pitfalls: What to Expect When Business Bombs and Side-Hustles Go SidewaysBuilding and maintaining a business and working a side hustle can often be difficult. There is sometimes lots of hours and very little yield or pay for the efforts and energy expended. Promotions don’t always work, marketing strategies often misfire, and the sacrifices required to get the job done are often unrecognized and underestimated. We must ask ourselves if we’re willing to make the necessary commitments required to help our business reach it’s full potential. I share how some of my business plans, ventures, and projects have fallen flat. It can be discoura...
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2025-04-1235 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your Life2. How to Better Understand Your Values & Beliefs and The Impact They Have on Your LifeWhat if the only thing standing between you and success was your own beliefs? The way we see ourselves and the world around us shapes every decision we make, sometimes pushing us forward, sometimes holding us back. In this episode, we’re diving into the power of values and beliefs, why they matter, and how they quietly influence the direction of our lives.I’ll share the incredible story of a 61-year-old farmer who shocked the world by winning an ultra-marathon against elite athletes—all because he believed he could. His journey is proof that mindset often matter...
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2025-04-1230 minPerfectWhelm with Eric Slivoskey: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your LifeWelcome to PerfectWhelm: The Podcast That Helps Enhance Your LifeWelcome to the PerfectWhelm podcast! I’m Eric Slivoskey—an educator, former pro football coach, writer, stand-up comedian, military veteran, and personal development coach. After traveling to all 50 states and more than 50 countries, I’ve seen firsthand the challenges people face and the universal desire to thrive. That’s why I created PerfectWhelm—to help you find the balance between underwhelm and overwhelm, that sweet spot where you can truly flourish. Each week, I’ll bring you two episodes: a solo deep dive into topics like values, resilience, health, relationships, and business, plus a guest interview filled with personal...
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The Metamorphosis Podcast20 - The football coach in FinlandEric Slivoskey did what many are dreaming of: He packed up his things and moved his and his family to a whole new other country. As s football coach, he got hired by a Finnish team to become their coach. feeling like somewhat of a nomad anywhere, Eric did not think twice. Thus, he took family of 5 and moved to Finland. In this week's episode, Eric and Nora are discussing what it is like to move to another continent, what culture shock is all about and if he prefers living in America or Europe. If you every...
2020-12-0400 min
Coach Said So...The Pro & The Prof - COVID &SportsThe multiple effects of Covid on athletes, coaches and sports overall.
Eric "The Prof" Slivoskey
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Eric shares with us his journey from childhood adversities, takes us through his incredible range of career experiences and tells us all about how he left his 9-5 and what he is doing now!
His story is one of incredible resilience and I know it will serve as inspiration to so many of you! And, there’s some really great wisdom and tips sprinkled throughout the whol...
2020-09-1043 min
The Self Project Podcast with Kristy MartinFrom Fear & Self-Limiting Beliefs to Action Based Living with Eric SlivoskeyI am so excited for you to hear the latest episode with guest host Eric Slivoskey who is a Personal Development coach with an emphasis on resilience and clarity. Eric shares with us his journey from childhood adversities, takes us through his incredible range of career experiences and tells us all about how he left his 9-5 and what he is doing now!His story is one of incredible resilience and I know it will serve as inspiration to so many of you! And, there’s some really great wisdom and tips sprinkled throughout the whol...
2020-09-1043 min
The Self Project PodcastFrom Fear & Self-Limiting Beliefs to Action Based Living with Eric SlivoskeyI am so excited for you to hear the latest episode with guest host Eric Slivoskey who is a Personal Development coach with an emphasis on resilience and clarity.
Eric shares with us his journey from childhood adversities, takes us through his incredible range of career experiences and tells us all about how he left his 9-5 and what he is doing now!
His story is one of incredible resilience and I know it will serve as inspiration to so many of you! And, there’s some really great wisdom and tips sprinkled throughout the whol...
2020-09-1043 min
Push or PivotEp. 51 - Your Gift Is Uniquely Yours with Eric SlivoskeyEric Slivoskey left his day job as a professor/collegiate sports coach to pursue the freelance life and career that he always wanted. He is a blogger, a personal development coach with a niche in clarity and resilience, performs stand-up comedy, a proud husband and father of 3 great kids. Eric shares how he pushed comparison aside and became a multi-passionate entrepreneur.
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2020-07-1027 min
Were You Still Talking?With Special Guest Eric SlivoskeyOn the Zoom today is Eric Slivoskey. We talk about sports, podcasting, starting a podcast, dogs, travel, personal development coaching and covering more than 1.2 million steps in a $25 dollar pair of shoes. Eric is a small-town North Dakota writer, personal development coach, stand-up comic, and educator who loves serving others, casting vision, and taking action. He is slightly obsessed with contact sports, world travel, avocados, big dogs, and coffee. A few interesting facts about Eric: - Traveled to all 50 U.S. states and more than 50 countries, and bumped into a lot of things...
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