Dr. Kate Lund Host of The Optimized Mind Podcast Celebrates Its 100th Episode

Hey, I'd like to welcome you to another episode of Mission Matters. My name is Adam Torres. And if you'd like to apply to be a guest in the show, just head on over to missionmatters. com and click on be our guest to apply. All right. So today is a very special episode. We're bringing back onto the show. Dr. Kate Lund. She's a podcast host over at the Optimize Mind Podcast, where we We're celebrating her hundredth episode, which she's we scheduled this a while back, so I know she's over a hundred now we're going to be talking about our pod con event that's coming up and actually in two days on the 26th. So depending on when you're listening to this if you're watching the live broadcast, then obviously you're going to see this before the conference. If you're, you're checking out the next version, maybe the conference already happened. So either way, first off, Dr. Kate, welcome back to the show. Thank you so much, Adam. I'm really excited to be here. All right. So first thing first you know, we have to do our mission matters minute, and then we're going to open up a whole can of podcast funds. So just to get us kicked off, Dr. Kate, as you know, at mission matters, our aim and our goal is to amplify stories for entrepreneurs, executives, and experts. That's our mission, Dr. Kate, what mission matters to you? Well, you know, really my whole mission with the optimized mind and with podcasting in general is to capture the human experience of resilience. How are folks moving through and beyond challenge? How are they building something? How are they creating that resilient mindset? It's all about health, well being and maximizing potential. Love it. Great. Great having you back on. And I guess just to get us kicked off here, a hundred episodes in over a hundred now. How do you feel? I feel awesome. It's been such an amazing journey. And, you know, I've got to be honest, Adam, when the idea of starting a podcast was first floated to me, By Matt, actually, Matt Cook, I hesitated for a minute. I felt like, wow, I've got so many things on my plate. I don't know, you know, maybe yes, maybe no, even though I had been thinking about doing a podcast forever, right? And so I was talking about this very issue at dinner one night prior to starting the podcast. And my 15 year old son at the time was the one who said, mom. Come on, just hit record and the rest. So fortunately we had that discussion at dinner and I called Matt and I said, Hey, I'm in. And I couldn't be more grateful and happy about that decision because it's been awesome. And we're grateful for you too. You were in the, one of the first classes, if not the first class of our mission matters podcast network, when we were just kind of, and speaking of Matt for a bit, listening, that hasn't, that's not a long term listener to the show, Matt Cook is the director of the podcast agency. So he's the one that makes sure that the shows and the content like this gets out on time and and correct. So when we were first giving this idea or even just kind of Kind of kicking it around of, well, can we bring, you know, business leaders from different areas, from different spheres of influence together to create a podcast network, a mission matters, podcast network, and distribute the content, like, what would that look like? What would it work like? And so you were one of the, I guess. Should I say guinea pigs? We, we produced, we distributed, but we hadn't created a network yet. So you are one of the first, we appreciate you sticking with us. And I don't know, I look back and to me, it starts like we just started this thing, but to think like after a hundred episodes in, like what, what keeps you in the game, what keeps you motivated? Yeah, you know, it's it's a great question, and I really believe it's the opportunity to connect with and talk with so many interesting people because I really interview folks across domains. You know, I talked to authors. I talked to athletes. I talked to corporate folks, entrepreneurs parents who might be struggling. Just all sorts of different folks. And I've connected with and met so many So many fun and cool people and heard these really inspiring stories. And I think, I think those are the main things that keep me in the game. So let's go a little bit further back here for a moment. Cause I don't, I don't think we've quite had this discussion. We're into this idea of either being a broadcaster or not even just podcasts, but just creating content. Where did all that start for you? Yeah, you know, that's also a great question, Adam, and it started a while back. Actually, I've always had an interest in radio and, you know, hearing people's stories, creating content based on those stories. And so really, I think authentically it goes back to college when I worked at a radio station in the summers and during school breaks in the time where I grew up. And I had a lot of really cool opportunities interviewing some Some bigger names in that in t

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