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The Primal Kitchen Podcast

55: The Secrets of High Performers with Psychotherapist and Triathlete, David Roadhouse

The Primal Kitchen Podcast

Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

Fitness, Entrepreneur, Sisson, Parenting, Health, Wellness, Weightloss, Primal, Paleo, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.4717 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This week’s podcast welcomes multigenerational psychotherapist David Roadhouse, a four-time World Triathlon winner, meditation retreat leader, and Morgan’s own personal therapist! Hear about David’s intense training techniques, from sleeping in a hypoxic tent every night for 15 years to loading up on filet mignon long before the “carnivore diet” became popular. David also shares how Buddhist meditation practices shaped his therapy work, his tips for a healthy and successful marriage, and the commonly shared traits he sees in entrepreneurs and high performers like Morgan.  

Transcript

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0:00.0

Do you see like common traits in high performing individuals?

0:03.8

Yes.

0:04.2

What do you see?

0:05.2

Denial.

0:08.4

Hello, everyone.

0:09.7

I'm Morgan, co-founder of Primal Kitchen and host of the Primal Kitchen podcast.

0:13.6

Today, a very special episode, I'm sitting down with my personal therapist, David Roadhouse,

0:18.7

who's been in private practice for 50 years in Chicago.

0:21.7

He's been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1975 and works with the clientele of high performers,

0:27.2

a graduate of the University of Michigan, and Princeton Theological Seminary.

0:31.3

David is also an ordained Presbyterian minister.

0:34.5

Additionally, he's competed in triathlons all over the world until the age of 86.

0:39.9

He won three national and four world age group championships in the 60 to 74 age group range.

0:47.4

I'm so excited for you guys to get to meet David and listen to this super unique special

0:52.7

conversation with me and my therapist. Before we get started,

0:56.0

a brief reminder that any and all opinions and views shared by hosts and guests on this podcast

1:00.2

are the speaker's own and do not represent the view of Primal Kitchen or its affiliates or parent

1:04.3

company. Hello, David. How are you? Welcome to the podcast. Thank you, Morgan. I just

1:10.8

clicked in. I have you right in front of me.

1:13.8

I love it. And you are in Chicago. How's it going over there? We have some sunshine today,

1:18.8

which has sort of been unusual these days. I love it. Wonderful. I love Chicago in the sunshine.

1:25.2

Yes, that's very true. It's not all that often, but it's good that you take some son.

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