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How This One Habit Built a Life of Confidence, Resilience & Success | Warren Smith

This episode is brought to you by: AG1: Get a signed copy of my book Make Change That Lasts, £20 off your first month with Welcome Kit! (Limited to the first 200, UK/EU only.) https://drinkag1.com/livemore VIVOBAREFOOT: Get 15% off your first order https://bit.ly/4iG2II4 BON CHARGE: Save 25% off with code LIVEMORE https://boncharge.com/livemore Today’s episode is with someone who is regarded as one of the best ski coaches on the planet, yet this is not a conversation about skiing. The things my guest has experienced over the years through teaching, coaching, and working in the mountains in unpredictable conditions hold valuable lessons for us all. Warren Smith is one of Britain’s leading professional free skiers, an Internationally Qualified Performance Coach, creator of the Warren Smith Ski Academy and someone who has spent several decades helping people understand their bodies better to help them move and ski with more freedom. Warren has been a sponsored Volkl athlete for over 10 years and is one of the most innovative instructors working in the Alps and is held in high regard for the research and development he carries out combining Ski Technique, Ski Biomechanics and Ski Physiology. As well as coaching tens of thousands of recreational skiers, he is also well known for being the ski instructor that many high profile individuals seek out when wanting to improve their skills , including Prince Harry, Heston Blumenthal, Laurence Dallaglio and Bradley Wiggins. I myself have known Warren for around two decades having sought him out in my mid 20s when I first started getting into skiing because I was deeply fascinated by his philosophy, which made a lot of intuitive sense to me. In our conversation, we discuss: ● Why so many of us feel limited by our bodies and how simple, five-minute functional exercises can help ● Why differences in strength or mobility between the two sides of the body are incredibly common, and how they affect everything from skiing to running to daily movement. ● What Warren’s injuries have taught him about resilience, patience and rehabilitation. ● Why fear on the mountain mirrors fear in life, and how breaking challenges into smaller steps can help us stay calm and move forward. ● The mental and emotional benefits of elevation and nature, and why gaining perspective from a higher vantage point can help us reset and unwind. ● The life lessons Warren learned from surviving an avalanche and losing friends in the mountains ● Warren’s incredible life story from growing up in a council state to living in one of the most prestigious ski resorts in the world. This is not just a conversation about skiing, but one that reminds us that when we prepare well, stay curious and look after ourselves , we can keep doing the things we love for longer. I hope you enjoy listening. #feelbetterlivemore Connect with Warren Smith: https://www.instagram.com/warrensmithski https://www.facebook.com/warrensmithski Warren Smith Ski Academy https://www.warrensmith-skiacademy.com https://www.instagram.com/warrensmithskiacademy https://www.facebook.com/WarrenSmithSkiAcademy https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSkiAcademy Ski Technique Lab https://www.warrensmith-skiacademy.com/technique-lab/ Training Courses https://www.warrensmith-skiacademy.com/seasonal-ski-training-courses/ Courses https://www.warrensmith-skiacademy.com/courses/ Snow Camp https://www.snow-camp.org.uk/ #feelbetterlivemore #feelbetterlivemorepodcast ------- Order MAKE CHANGE THAT LASTS. US & Canada version https://amzn.to/3RyO3SL, UK version https://amzn.to/3Kt5rUK ----- Follow Dr Chatterjee at: Website: https://drchatterjee.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drchatterjee Twitter: https://twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Newsletter: https://drchatterjee.com/subscription DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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Dec 3, 20251h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. RC

    Your backstory is actually really, really interesting because ultimately, you grew up in a council estate-

  2. WS

    Yeah

  3. RC

    ... and now you're considered one of the world's best ski coaches in this incredible elite prestigious resort of Verbier, having taught Prince Harry and whoever. Like, I could just list off these kind of A-listers or, or whatever you want to have, uh, you have taught.

  4. WS

    Yeah.

  5. RC

    Tell us a little bit about that journey. You know, how did a boy from a council estate in Hemel Hempstead end up doing what he's doing today?

  6. WS

    Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I was quite lucky. My, my council estate, we, we, you know, in Hemel, we, I liked it. I, I don't, I don't see [laughs] you know, the... To me, it's got a lot of, uh, qualities that could be higher than, than the town of Verbier, and it taught me quite a lot of principles in life, you know. Um, I was lucky, this is where the luck part comes in, um, or it's destiny, that they built a dry ski slope, which still exist all over the UK, and they're mega accessible. They're mega affordable. Even if someone never, ever goes skiing on snow, it doesn't matter, you can still learn this brilliant sport, um, on a dry slope, and it costs next to nothing. In fact, quite a lot of other sports cost more. So nowadays, skiing's become really accessible. From where I learned, I used to BMX as a kid, uh, in my sort of area. They built a skateboard park, um, in the late '70s, early '80s, which was phenomenal. You know, it was like, if anyone's ever seen Dogtown and Z-Boys, we, we were lucky enough in Hemel Hempstead to be in that wave. So they built, um, a skateboard park. We were in the, we lived in the skateboard park. Um, and then they demolished it, and we, we were all, you know, we were very unsatisfied kids in our local area, and what re-

  7. RC

    Unsatisfied is a nice way of putting it.

  8. WS

    Yeah, yeah. [laughs] They, they built a dry ski slope, right, so they built a dry ski slope-

  9. RC

    So they, so they knocked down the skate park-

  10. WS

    They, they-

  11. RC

    ... where you and your buddies hang out-

  12. WS

    Yeah, exactly

  13. RC

    ... and in, in its place-

  14. WS

    Was a dry ski slope

  15. RC

    ... they put a dry ski slope.

  16. WS

    Yes.

  17. RC

    How were you and your mates feeling?

  18. WS

    Uh, we, we weren't too happy about it. [laughs] So we, we would spend our time, um, you know, probably not doing great things to this slope. Don't want to get us into trouble, but yeah, we, we used to do things like burn it and, uh, whatever. We used to key the cars. We did some horrible stuff.

  19. RC

    So you, you were kind of, um, you and your mates were showing your frustration-

  20. WS

    Yeah

  21. RC

    ... with a bit of vandalization.

  22. WS

    Yeah, yeah.

  23. RC

    Keying some of the cars. Stuff that, you know, you're a lovely guy. You would [laughs] never do... You know, this is, this is back in your youth, right?

  24. WS

    Yeah, yeah.

  25. RC

    It's a long time ago.

  26. WS

    Yeah.

  27. RC

    But weren't you caught?

  28. WS

    Yeah, so that was, that was one of the sort of things that happened, getting caught by the local bobby on the beat, and one of the local bobby on the beat solutions was to, to work at the, the, um, the dry slope. Yeah.

  29. RC

    This policeman who caught you-

  30. WS

    Yeah

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