Text your questions, comments, & topic suggestions here! You can also email billy@mindfulmidlifecrisis.com.In this week's episode, Billy and Brian talk to John Wessinger, author of Ride the Wave: How to Embrace Change and Create a Powerful New Relationship with Risk, about: --how a surfing vacation gone extremely wrong led understanding the importance of embracing the conditions regardless of prior preparation --how that surfing experience prepared him for an unexpected realization in his professional life that encouraged him to take more healthy professional risks--how embracing the conditions, adopting a progression-based mindset, and using risk as a compass has helped him grow as a professional and as a person--how these three principles helped him redeem himself on the surfboard and in his professional life a year later--what surfers mean when they talk about "the universal stoke"--how taking healthy risks have added to his overall satisfaction with his lifeBook Offer: Mindful Midlife Crisis listeners can purchase Ride the Wave for 50% off the cover price if you order from www.itascabooks.com/ride-the-wave.  The book has won multiple awards including the Axiom Business Book Awards.  Like what you heard from John Wessinger?  Contact him at:Email:  johnwessinger@planmarketsell.com LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwessinger Instagram: @planmarketsell Thank you for listening to the Mindful Midlife Crisis!Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Topics you want us to cover?Email:  mindfulmidlifecrisis@gmail.comInstagram:  @mindful_midlife_crisisTwitter:  @mindfulmidlife"Like" and "Follow" us on Facebook: The Mindful Midlife Crisis PodcastPlease leave us a 5-Star Review!  Doing so helps other people looking for a podcast like ours find it!We hope you enjoy this week’s episode!  If this episode resonates with you, please share it with your friends and family.  If you’re really feeling gracious, you can make a donation to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MMCpodcast. Your donations will be used to cover all of our production costs.If we have money left over after covering our fees, we will make a donation to the Livin Foundation, which is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a positive outlook on life, reduce the stigma associated with depression/mental illness, and ultimately prevent suicide through various activities, events, & outreach.Support the show