Adaptive
Adaptive

Adaptive

Mick Miller

Overview
Episodes

Details

Adaptive is a show that celebrates extraordinary athletes, entrepreneurs, and adventuring nomads chasing their wildest dreams despite a disability. Join your host Mick Miller as he dives deep into conversations with people from all walks of life and discusses the challenges and triumphs he and others have experienced while striving to live their best lives.Hosted and Produced by Mick MillerMusic is licensed through Adobe Assets. Episodes air on the last Wednesday of each month. Subscribe wherever you listen so you never miss an episode.

Recent Episodes

Shelby Estocado - More Movement as an Adaptive Athlete
DEC 30, 2022
Shelby Estocado - More Movement as an Adaptive Athlete
Shelby is a superstar athlete. That hasn't changed despite a few changes to how she experiences sports. Shelby experienced a life-changing accident on February 23, 2020, at Lee Canyon near Las Vegas, breaking her sternum and T-6 vertebrae resulting in a severe spinal cord injury and paralyzing her from the chest. Shelby was active before her accident, and she became more involved in sports after her accident. Shelby is a remarkable woman with an inspiring story and a positive outlook o...
play-circle
51 MIN
7. Landon McGauley - Adaptive Mountain Bike Ambassador
JUN 13, 2022
7. Landon McGauley - Adaptive Mountain Bike Ambassador
Landon broke his back in July 2010 while competing on his mountain bike. After rehabilitation at GF Strong in Vancouver, British Columbia, he did not waste any time returning to activities like adaptive skiing, biking, and surfing. This episode focuses on Landon's deep love for mountain biking, a sport he pursues with blood and sweat. Adaptive mountain biking (aMTB) allows Landon to express his creativity on the mountain while providing freedom, independence, and mobility. Mountain biking is ...
play-circle
40 MIN
6. Pushing the Limits with Daniel Rettie
MAR 29, 2022
6. Pushing the Limits with Daniel Rettie
Daniel Rettie is an occupational therapist who lives in Smithers, a small and beautiful mountain town nestled in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. Daniel was diagnosed with cancer in her spinal cord when she was a little girl. Doctors removed a tumour when she was three, which left her with nerve damage in her left leg. Daniel owns her disability and her identity. We talk about cancer and her disability, confidence and empowerment, dating, using sport to inspire ch...
play-circle
56 MIN
5. Ryan Levinson - Sailing to the Polynesian Islands and Kiteboarding despite physical limitations
FEB 21, 2022
5. Ryan Levinson - Sailing to the Polynesian Islands and Kiteboarding despite physical limitations
Ryan said, "It's getting hard to walk, but with a kite, I can fly." - North Kite Boarding. He is super rad, adventurous, and a kind guy who is a role model. He has not let Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is, a disorder characterized by muscle weakness and wasting (atrophy), slow down his thirst for adventure. Ryan has defied what doctors thought he could do with a rare disease and continues to pursue a life without limitations. Ryan and his wife (Nicole) have been sailing ...
play-circle
85 MIN
4. Andrea Brousseau - An Athletic Life with One Leg.
JAN 25, 2022
4. Andrea Brousseau - An Athletic Life with One Leg.
Andrea Brousseau is an incredible woman, athlete, friend, and wife. She is married to Caleb Brousseau, who was my first guest. Andrea is an above-the-knee amputee who is living her best life. Andrea was placed in an adaptive ski program when she was five, which she hated, had a fit, and had to be encouraged by candy to make it down the hill. It didn't go well, but she joined an excellent adaptive ski program at Mount Washington, which changed her trajectory and love for skiing. Then she got i...
play-circle
72 MIN