The Bounce Forward Podcast

Author: Be Audacious LLC.

Freewheeling conversations exploring the courageous act of the bounce forwardforget the comeback. Author, speaker, and mindset/mental endurance coach, Michael Leach, sits down with athletes, adventurers and performerspushing physical and mental limits, inspiring listeners to bounce forward with resilience and fortitude. Raw, real and vulnerable these intimate conversations are as diverse as the guests, diving deep into what it takes to bounce forward from injury, illness or setback, embracing the remake in pursuit of becoming ones truest and strongest self.
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Easier to Suffer in a Pair: Haley Smith on the Cape Epic, Resilience and Teamwork
Episode 39
Tuesday, 1 April, 2025

For the second episode of Season 3, we’re bringing back a Bounce Forward fan favorite, Haley Smith. If you haven’t listened to Episode 1 of Season 3, with Haley, we’d highly encourage you to do so as it sets the table for this most recent conversation. In the days following her return from South Africa, Haley and I sat down to unpack her eight stages of racing on the Western Cape, for the legendary Absa Cape Epic. In this conversation we explore Haley’s take on resilience, how she navigated the struggle bus early on, lessons she learned about herself and her racing parter and why the teammate component of the Cape Epic makes for a truly special and eye opening experience. Filled with Haley insights and wisdom, we dive beyond the watts, exploring how she overcomes self-doubt, mantras, mental cues, the power of believing in potential, and why it’s easier to suffer in a pair. WNbL, Cover art photo by Trek BikesHaley’s Website: https://www.haleyhuntersmith.com/Haley’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/haleyhuntersmithWebsite: ⁠⁠⁠⁠beaudacious.com⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael’s Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@michaelleachba⁠⁠⁠⁠Show’s Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@thebounceforward⁠⁠⁠⁠Michael's Mindset and Mental Endurance Coaching: ⁠https://beaudacious.com/coaching/⁠