The Divergent Path with Rollie Peterkin Rollie Peterkin

Chris Gillette is an expert at handling, conserving, and caring for alligators. He helps rescue "nuisance gators" from people's properties in Florida and brings them to a rescue center. He is extremely passionate about animal welfare and conservation.
Chris is famous for the death-defying photos and videos he posts where he swims in the water with the gators and plays with them as any of us would a kitten. It's truly mind blowing.
Check out his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpzli-m3OlZ0jBmsoWPKYxQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatorboys_chris
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Everglades Outpost: https://www.evergladesoutpost.org/
Everglades Holiday Park: https://www.evergladesholidaypark.com/
Read more about Chris here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/chris-gillette-gator
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Travis Bays is the founder of Bodhi Surf and Yoga--a retreat in Costa Rica. Travis combined his lifelong passion for surfing with his ideas tourism, sustainability, and local experiences. His camp, he is able to educate people about a variety of environmental issues. And the guest get to surf the beautiful beaches of Costa Rica.
Travis didn't always run a surf camp though. After graduation from college, he worked in banking, but eventually decided he was looking for more, and so he joined the Peace Corps. Lucky for Travis, he was sent to Costa Rica.
Website: https://www.bodhisurfyoga.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodhisurfyoga
Read more about Travis here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/travis-bays
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Matt Valenti was an old teammate and friend of mine. He was a two-time Division I NCAA wrestler. After college he was coaching at Penn while pursuing an Olympic Dream for 2012. Matt now works at the athletic department at UPenn.
Read more about Matt here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/matt-valenti
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Brace for some tears in this episode. Matthew Bocchi was just nine years old when he lost his father in the attacks on 9/11.
He's just come out with a new book titled Sway, which recounts his personal journey in coping with the trauma surrounding his father's death. As a teenager searching for answers, an older man took advantage of his vulnerability and sexually assaulted him. Matthew descended into the depths of a drug addiction to numb the pain.
Matt and I discuss trauma and healing and how he is able to maintain a positive outlook on life despite so many bad things happening.
Sway: https://amzn.to/3oaGp0f
Read more about Matthew here: https://www.rolliepeterkin.com/matthew-bocchi-sway
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Tom Ryan is one of the most accomplished coaches in the sport of wrestling today. As the coach at Ohio State University, he's created an absolute powerhouse. The things that he's been able to accomplish as a coach are truly astounding.

2015 NCAA team champions Five-times NCAA team runner-ups Seven top-3 NCAA team finishes 12 individual NCAA titles 22 Big Ten champions 53 All-Americans Two-time NCAA Head Coach of the Year Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year Four-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber Three-time NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder
Tom talks about the immense impact that Dan wrestling for Gable had on his life and wrestling career. I asked Tom about the difficulties of shifting from wrestler to coach.

But the toughest test of his life came when he lost his son Teague at age five. An experience that brought him to his knees. Tom talks about how his life was changed by such a traumatic event.

Tom Ryan's new book Chosen Suffering is available and tells his story through his wrestling career to coping with the loss of his son.
Chosen Suffering book: https://amzn.to/3iXGocb
Read more about Tom Ryan here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/tom-ryan
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Nils Parker can't even count how many books he's ghostwritten. I asked him and he estimated between 15 and 20. His books have been NYT and WSJ bestsellers many times over. As an editor he has worked with authors like Ryan Holiday, Tucker Max, and James Altucher (and many more) on every aspect of their books.

Nils was originally supposed to be a lawyer. But after a semester of law school and a summer position, he decided that the courtroom was not his true calling. His whole life trajectory changed when he stumbled across a forum created by Tucker Max, who would go on to become a multiple-time NYT bestselling author. That meeting launched him down a path that would change the course of his life forever.
Read more about Nils here: https://rolliepeterkin.com/nils-parker
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