Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life.   In this episode Lance and Brad unpack everything about what makes life hard and how it really never stops because it's up to YOU to get better.    00:00 Intro 02:20 The identity crisis… 06:03 2016 news for Lance that changed his mindset 08:21 University of Adversity Podcast 11:00 Ayahuasca 13:00 “In order to love yourself you have to love all the stuff you push away.” - Lance Essihos 14:51 “The dark shit is just as important as the warm and fuzzy shit.” - Lance Essihos 20:33 Bomb 1: You have to get to the root of the reason why you make bad decisions 22:06 Gratitude 24:18 “If you do not believe in yourself you will never move yourself forward.” - Lance Essihos 27:00 About Lances’ podcast 31:35 Bomb 2: “People don’t realize how resilient they are.” - Lance Essihos 32:45 Brad’s book “Lessons I Learned The Hard Way So You Don’t Have To” 36:45 “If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?” - Lance Essihos 41:00 There will always be levels to your problems… 42:30 “All of it is true!” 45:04 Follow Lance!