Welcome to Power the Mind podcast hosted by Ryan Sipes in conjunction with Stephen Denise Hatch.

This podcast reveals the mindsets of winning warriors and sheds light on the mental side of racing and life.

Hey guys, it's Ryan Sipes, and we're back with another Power of the Mind podcast, produced by Whiskey Throttle Media.

Quick turnaround on this one, but I wanted to get a few more in before the end of the year,

before things get crazy around Christmas. So we have Phil Smodji, who's our guest today, one of my good friends,

an amazing rider, amazing person, but he's also got one of the

gnarliest stories in the sport. He's overcome more than most of us can imagine. So I'm excited

to talk to him today, see how he's processed it and gotten through it all. Stick around to the

end to get your 50% off code for powerof the mind.coach, where you can learn to make

your mental game, your strong point. All righty, let's get to it. What's going on these days,

S magical? How are you, buddy? Well, there's a lot going on. I'm actually in Colorado right now

trying to get a snowboard trip in with some buddies before my baby comes next month.

And then I'm going to California in two days to do the Gas Gas Team intro,

then flying back hopefully to the slopes to get a couple more days in.

Then I think I'm going to go be a dad like you, man.

Is this as hard as it seems?

Seems kind of hard.

My man. It is harder than it seems. So, good. Good, good luck with that. Awesome.

We ride our bikes in dumb places, so that should set me up pretty good for disaster and difficulties.

It's the hard endure of life. Let's call it that. The hard endure of life. Having a baby is the hard endure of life. Let's call it that.

The heart endure of life.

Having a baby is the hard ender of life.

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