The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson

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Unlock the limitless potential of leadership and life. Join senior executives, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders as they share how they break through personal and professional limits, embrace growth, and lead with authenticity. Explore topics like holistic leadership, well-being, mindset, innovation, sustainability, future of work, and creating thriving cultures. Hosted by Nick Jonsson — #1 Bestselling Author, Top 3 World ICF Coach, Singapore Top 100 Entrepreneur, and IRONMAN Top 2% World Athlete.

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September 9, 202642 min

Episode 336: Yana Fry - Masculinity, Absent Fathers, and the Manosphere

Ask most people to define healthy masculinity and you get adjectives. Yana Fry gives you behaviour. A man who is stable and consistent. Who does what he said he would do, shows up when he said he would show up, and finishes what he starts. She had to go and find that definition, because nobody handed it to her. Her parents divorced when she was eight, after her father spent twenty years married to her mother and then fell in love with her mother’s best friend. Her older brother could not carry it, and the drinking that started around then has gone on for decades. Yana spent years, fifteen of them in therapy, working out what she had never been shown at home. Which is exactly why her position on angry men is worth sitting with. She has watched the comments fill with hostility beneath a reel about women and marriage after forty. She has looked into where the loudest voices online came from and kept finding the same house: an absent father, or a violent one, and pain nobody ever named. When I asked what she would say if one of those men sat across from her, she did not reach for an argument. She would ask how he is doing. We also get into something I run into constantly in my own coaching work — men who will tell me things they will never tell their wives. Her answer to that was not the one I was expecting, and it puts the responsibility somewhere uncomfortable. For anyone who has stopped believing this conversation can still be had honestly. Contact Yana to collaborate: FREE 9 Love Archetypes Quiz™️ https://links.revenuetide.ai/widget/quiz/hO7ES6jvOk383RFQTRRW Website: https://yanafry.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yanafry/

September 2, 202633 min

Episode 335: Aoife Legget - How My Lowest Point Became A Turning Point

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Aoife Leggett, mindset and performance coach, Master Breathwork Teacher, and founder of Three Sixty Coaching in Ireland, for a conversation about burnout, identity, breathwork, and the moment life forces you to stop pretending everything is fine. Aoife works with high performance athletes, riders, business owners, and individuals who want to perform at their best without losing their health, happiness, or sense of self. But her path into this work did not come from theory. It came from living through a season where, on the outside, she appeared to be functioning, while inside she felt lonely, unmotivated, burnt out, and disconnected from herself. After years in the equine world, Aoife found herself in a role and relationship that looked right from a distance but felt deeply wrong up close. Then one day, while driving to work, she could not catch her breath. Looking back, she recognized it as the moment her body stopped whispering and started sounding the alarm. What stayed with me was her honesty around one hard truth: “No one’s coming to save you. It’s your life.” We talk about performance, nervous system regulation, breathwork, career uncertainty, relationships, rock bottom, and the courage it takes to move home, rebuild routine, ask for support, and begin again. This episode is for anyone who looks capable on the outside but knows they are no longer living in alignment. Sometimes taking your life back starts with admitting you cannot keep going the same way. Contact Aoife to collaborate: Website: https://www.threesixtycoaching.ie/ LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/aoife-leggett-3033b9166 Instagram: @aoifeleggettcoach Find more episodes:

August 26, 202653 min

Episode 334: André Du Rietz - His Bike Broke, He Pushed It 35KM, Then Ran A Marathon

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with André Du Rietz, the Swedish age group triathlete whose IRONMAN Kalmar finish became much more than a race story. André was on track for the best performance of his life. After a strong swim and bike leg, he was chasing an ambitious 8 hour 30 minute finish when everything changed. With around 35 km left on the bike, a puncture and broken valve ended the race he had planned. Most athletes would have stopped. André started running. He ran beside his bike in cycling shoes for roughly 35 km to transition, with broken cleats, scraped toes, and hours without proper water or nutrition. Then, instead of calling it a day, he changed into running shoes and completed the marathon. But what stayed with me most was not only the physical endurance. It was the deeper story behind the mindset. André speaks openly about bullying, depression, false confidence, anger, therapy, forgiveness, and learning that while we cannot always control what happens, we can choose how we respond. This conversation is about what happens when the goal disappears and all that remains is the next step. For anyone going through a difficult season, André’s story is a reminder that resilience is not always dramatic. Sometimes it is simply refusing to stop, asking for help, letting go of old pain, and moving forward one step at a time. Contact André to collaborate: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/a.durietz/ Find more episodes: ⁠https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast⁠

August 20, 202635 min

Episode 333: Elika - She Burned Out Twice Before Waking Up

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Elika Tasker, Energy Strategist, speaker, wellness consultant, entrepreneur, and founder, for a conversation about burnout, relationships, purpose, and what it really takes to build success without losing yourself. Elika’s story is not about one collapse. It is about burning out twice before finally listening to what her body, relationships, and inner world were trying to tell her. Her first burnout came in corporate life, where she was first in, last out, and chasing recognition in places that could never truly give her peace. She changed her diet, left the corporate world, studied nutrition, and opened Singapore’s first refined sugar free organic restaurant. But then the same symptoms returned inside her own business. That second burnout became the real turning point. She could no longer blame the boss, the company, or the environment. She had to look inward and ask what was driving her need to achieve. What makes this conversation powerful is Elika’s view that energy is not just physical stamina. It is also mental clarity, emotional honesty, relational safety, and spiritual alignment. For high achievers, the danger is believing success can be built only through effort, while ignoring the deeper energy leaks underneath. This episode is for leaders, entrepreneurs, and high performers who look successful on the outside but feel exhausted or disconnected inside. Success should not cost you your health, your relationships, or your peace. Contact Elika to collaborate: Website: https://elika.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elikat/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

August 12, 202625 min

Episode 332: Alexander Cork - When School Becomes The Problem

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Alexander Cork, Head of Admissions at Crimson Global Academy in Australia, for a conversation every parent should hear, especially when a child is no longer thriving at school. Alex shares a heartbreaking story about a young student in Australia who had been bullied for years and later took her own life. What stayed with me was not only the tragedy itself, but Alex’s response to it. He felt that the family may not have known there were other education options available when the school environment had become unsafe, overwhelming, or simply wrong for their child. This conversation challenges one of the most common assumptions many parents carry: that a good school is automatically the right school. Sometimes the school has the reputation, the history, and the status, but your child is still suffering inside it. We talk about school refusal, bullying, student mental health, online learning, and the difference between a child who does not want to learn and a child who cannot cope with the physical school environment anymore. Alex also speaks directly to busy parents and leaders who may be carrying career pressure while missing the signs at home. His message is clear: when your child is unhappy, do not simply push harder. Listen earlier, question the old path, and be willing to find another way before the damage becomes deeper. Contact Alex to collaborate: Website: https://www.crimsonglobalacademy.school/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-cork/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

August 5, 202645 min

Episode 331: Axay Shah - Your Plate May Be Stealing Your Future

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Axay Shah, entrepreneur, author of In Nature We Trust , and founder of RawFoodiest, for a conversation about health, ageing, discipline, nature, and the responsibility we each carry for the life we are building. Axay’s turning point came at 50, when he noticed his energy was no longer the same. Many people told him that decline was simply part of ageing, but he was not ready to accept that answer without asking deeper questions. That curiosity led him back to nature, food, and the daily choices that quietly shape our future. What started as a spontaneous decision after his mother’s birthday party became a 16 plus year journey into raw plant based living. Axay is clear that he is not a doctor or medical professional. He speaks as a businessman and a common man who experimented with his own life, observed the results, and chose to live by a simple principle: “If it is not made by Mother Nature, it is not going on my plate.” This conversation is not about telling people what they must eat. It is about questioning the habits we have normalized, from food and alcohol to social pressure and convenience, and asking whether our plate is helping or harming the future we want. For anyone thinking seriously about healthy ageing, energy, discipline, and personal responsibility, Axay’s story is a reminder that change often begins with one honest question: what am I willing to stop accepting as normal? Contact Axay to collaborate: Website: https://rawfoodiest.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahaxay/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

July 29, 202630 min

Episode 330: Vani Kovitch - Why Leaving A Narcissist Feels Terrifying

High conflict divorce is not simply the end of a marriage. For many people, it becomes a fight for safety, sanity, children, finances, identity, and the chance to build a life beyond fear. In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Vani Kovitch, Certified High Conflict Divorce Coach and host of Endgame: Mastering the High Conflict Divorce , for a conversation that is both deeply personal and highly practical. Vani lived through her own high conflict divorce after 21 years of marriage, while recovering from spinal fusion surgery. She could barely walk, was in constant physical pain, and at the same time faced what she describes as mental and emotional warfare from a spouse with narcissistic tendencies. What stayed with me most was not only the cruelty of what she endured, but the courage it took to keep moving when fear was present every day. Vani does not pretend that leaving a narcissistic relationship is simple. She speaks honestly about shame, isolation, children being used as leverage, the importance of documentation, choosing the right attorney, and building the right support team before the situation breaks you further. Her message is clear: fear may still be there, but it does not have to be the thing that controls your next step. This episode is for anyone who feels trapped, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Courage is not the absence of fear. Sometimes courage means going forward while still terrified. Contact Vani to collaborate: Website: https://www.vanidivorcecoach.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanidivorcecoach/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

July 24, 202638 min

Episode 329: Matt Formston - Blind, But He Stopped Believing He Can’t

In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Matt Formston, a legally blind world champion athlete, world record holder, professional surfer, executive, board member, author, speaker, husband, and father. Matt has no central vision and only a small amount of peripheral vision, but blindness was not the part of his story that struck me most. What stayed with me was his honesty about the years when bullying, anger, bad behaviour, and living for other people’s perception pulled him away from accountability and self respect. One of the defining moments came on Christmas Eve, when Matt woke up at a bus stop covered in someone else’s blood, with no memory of what had happened. It was a painful image of a man who had been fighting the world, but had not yet taken full responsibility for his own life. From there, Matt began rebuilding through standards, goals, discipline, and what he calls the Why Not mindset. We talk about disability, identity, leadership, psychological safety, parenting, self trust, and the danger of believing the excuses the world hands us. Matt also shares what it took to surf a 51 foot wave at Nazaré as a blind surfer, and why trust is never built in the big moment alone. It is built through the small commitments we keep when nobody is watching. This conversation is for anyone who has been underestimated, bullied, held back, or quietly using old pain as a reason not to change. Contact Matt to collaborate: Website: https://mattformston.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-formston-am-gaicd/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

July 15, 202643 min

Episode 328: Roy Reid - He was Medically Dead and Rebuilt His Life

Some wake up calls arrive quietly. Roy Reid’s did not. In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Roy Reid, founder of The Trust Transformation, executive coach, speaker, strategist, and coauthor of The Trust Transformation , for a conversation about survival, isolation, trust, gratitude, and the second life that began after his body could no longer carry what he had been holding inside. Roy survived an acute aortic dissection, a stroke, emergency surgery, a coma, and moments of being medically dead on the operating table. His heart had split open, his chance of survival was almost impossible, and for days there was no clear prognosis. But what makes this conversation so powerful is not only the medical crisis. It is what Roy saw when he looked honestly at the years leading up to it: pressure, resentment, anger, unhealthy patterns, and the kind of isolation many successful leaders hide behind while still appearing functional on the outside. Roy’s recovery became more than physical healing. It became a rebuilding of relationships, family connection, humility, gratitude, and trust. He speaks openly about making amends, walking as a daily practice, repairing what mattered most, and learning that ego often keeps leaders from asking for the help they need. His message is clear: trust is not a soft leadership idea. It is an operating system for how we live, lead, repair, and connect. This episode is a reminder not to wait for a life or death moment before choosing humility, gratitude, and the people who matter. Contact Roy to collaborate: Website: https://www.roywreid.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royreid/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/podcast

July 9, 202631 min

Episode 327: Chelsey Brooke Cole - How To Trust Yourself Again After Abuse

Some forms of abuse do not arrive as one obvious event. They build quietly through confusion, self doubt, emotional manipulation, and the slow loss of trust in your own reality. In this episode of Limitless, I sit down with Chelsey Brooke Cole, licensed psychotherapist and specialist in narcissistic abuse, relational trauma, gaslighting recovery, and rebuilding self trust. What makes this conversation powerful is not only Chelsey’s clinical insight, but the fact that she understands this subject personally, from growing up with a narcissistic father to later finding herself in narcissistic relationships as an adult. We explore why people often stay far longer than they expected, not because they are weak, but because betrayal blindness, positive projection, and the need to make sense of love can keep them trapped in a cycle of trying harder. Chelsey explains why narcissists often target strength rather than weakness, and why one of the deepest wounds of gaslighting is that it disconnects people from themselves. The turning point in healing is not simply leaving the relationship. It is learning to hear your own voice again after someone else’s has been living inside your head. This episode goes into narcissistic partners, narcissistic bosses, boundaries, no contact where possible, and the small daily practices that help people rebuild self trust. For anyone who has wondered, “Am I the problem?” this conversation offers clarity, language, and a way back to yourself. Contact Chelsey to collaborate: Website https://www.chelseybrookecole.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelseybrookecole/ Find more episodes: https://www.nickjonsson.com/limitless-podcast/