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ManTalks Podcast

Bonner Rinn - Living With Cerebral Palsy, And Leaving Dark Motivation Behind

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Talking points: motivation, resiliency, transformation, Mt Kilimanjaro, Kona marathon, family secrets, doubt, shame I'm proud to have known Bonner for some time now, thanks to him being a member of the Alliance, my private men's group. But the reason I wanted him on the show is to share his powerful story and how he's alchemized his life and his troubles into something that serves others. Many others, as you'll find out when you hit play. I strongly recommend checking this one out if you or someone you know has any form of disability. It's important not just to help each other along, but to gather perspective on the extra hurdles many of us face, how they're managed or overcome, and the radical change that can stem from all of the above. (00:00:00) - Intro and Bonner's defining moment (00:10:21) - Growing up with cerebral palsy (00:14:31) - The different kinds of family rules, and how came to hide his CP (00:20:44) - How Bonner used athleticism to both get attention and distract himself (00:32:00) - The story of Jakey (00:42:10) - How "dark motivation" got Bonner to the top, but couldn't get him down (00:58:15) - Challenges of completing the Kona Triathlon (01:04:10) - Next steps, and a return to Kilimanjaro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

But when I really learned what dark motivation was, is dark motivation drove me to the top,

0:05.3

but dark only focuses on the result.

0:09.0

So much so that I got to the top of the mountain, I had not even contemplated that I got to get

0:14.5

fucking down.

0:16.1

So dark motivation literally drove me to the top.

0:19.6

And then I had the first panic attack I've ever had in

0:23.0

my entire life at the summit of Kilimanjaro that almost was like, they thought I was dying at

0:27.5

first because it was like, holy fuck, I got to go down now. All right, brother Bonner, how are you

0:36.8

doing, man? What's going on, brother? I'm doing really good.

0:39.5

You know, when you reached out to me about coming on the show, it was interesting because I was like, well, yes, of course.

0:46.5

And it felt like good timing. We have known each other for a while. And I'll let you talk about

0:52.4

whatever parts of that along this

0:54.3

conversation you you want to get into but it's just an honor to be here and you have an incredible

1:01.5

story you're an incredible human I couldn't be more honored to know you and so I'm excited to

1:08.3

dive into this conversation thank you. You're trying to give me

1:11.6

emotional already, man. I'd tell you. Like, yeah, no, it's true. That's the superpower, right?

1:17.6

My team says my superpower is just making people cry.

1:21.5

I've been on the receiving end of that. I think you've seen me cry more than almost any other

1:26.3

human on this earth.

1:33.2

Yeah, it's like, you know, at first when I heard that the first couple of times, I was like,

1:37.4

you know, if people heard that, they could take that the wrong way, you know, there's like,

1:43.6

there's making people cry in a beautiful, necessary releasing way. And then there's making people cry and like being complete ass

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