Mile-18 Moments

About Mile-18 Moments

Mile-18 Moments: Embrace the suck of life and career to reach your finish line! There are moments in our every day where our physical output, regardless of what’s taking place, meets our mental psyche, and we feel we can do no more. Meaning, we have done everything we can physically do to manage a project, run the miles, lead a team, mend a friendship, repair a marriage, impress your boss, or come to peace with a tragedy, only to feel broken, both mentally and physically. Yet, you realize that your particular journey has yet to be completed. Congratulations....welcome to your Mile-18 Moment!

Publisher

Craig Petrus

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jul 2022

Latest episode

11 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Aug 2025

   Episode #13: Achieving a Mile-18 Mindset - #2: Commitment

   Commitment is not an action. It’s a behavior. It’s a reflex. It’s a deep, primal, instantaneous decision that happens in the blink of an eye when you are staring into the face of a challenge. It is Commitment at the Moment. The commitment I’m talking about is different. It’s not about saying yes to everything that comes your way. It’s about saying YES to yourself when your back is against the wall. It’s a learned behavior that you forge in fire. It’s the immediate, gut-level decision to fight when you are attacked, to stand when you are shaken, to rise when you fall. Commitment is the second characteristic towards achieving a Mile-18 Mindset.

2. 

   8 Aug 2025

   Episode #12: It's Never Too Late to Begin...Again

   Despite the world around you, the challenges you face, the unintentional "pause" you take towards reaching your goals, repairing friendships, falling in love again, becoming healthy, getting back on track at work, there is one important thing to always keep in mind. You can always begin...again!

3. 

   15 Nov 2023

   Episode #11: Achieving a Mile-18 Mindset - #1: Vision & Perception

   Today starts your journey towards achieving a Mile-18 Mindset and the ability to overcome the suck of life and career to reach your finish line. In this episode, we dive deeper into #1 (Vision & Perception) of 10 characteristics that make up the Mile-18 Mindset Framework. Your approach towards overcoming daily challenges, achieving your goals, dealing with difficult people, and living a positive and fulfilled life, all starts with your VISION and how you PERCEIVE the world around you.

4. 

   16 Oct 2023

   Episode #10: Interview with Andrew Margolick

   During this episode of the Mile-18 Moments Podcast, I spend some time with my former college roommate and teammate, Andrew Margolick. As a former student athlete, professional baseball player and agent, and now a highly respected Commercial Real Estate Consultant, Andrew has taken his experience in dealing with high-pressure moments and overcoming challenges, towards that of coaching and inspiring young baseball players what it takes to be successful both mentally and physically, on and off the field.

5. 

   30 Jul 2023

   Mile-18 Moments Podcast - Episode #9 - The Framework and Developing a Mile-18 Mindset

   While you may understand the concept of a Mile-18 Moment, how do you actually internalize it for something positive and life changing? How can you implement the concept into your daily life to achieve the change you seek and the success you so desire? In this episode, Craig shares his "lightbulb" moment and the framework he developed to possess what he calls a "Mile-18 Mindset." www.mile18mindset.com

6. 

   24 Apr 2023

   Episode #8: Life Happens, But So Do We

   "Despite the challenges that stopped you in your tracks, you can begin again. So just go!" It's been of few months since Mile-18 Moments has created and released any content. Despite our journey over the past couple of months and the obstacles we faced, we are now back! It was three simple words that came to the surface that got us back: "Just...Press...Record..." What does this mean? Find out by listening to Episode #8 of the Mile-18 Moments Podcast and continue your journey towards "Embracing the suck of life and career to reach your finish line." Let's go!

7. 

   29 Jan 2023

   Episode #7 - Interview with Sean Robinson

   From the author of Going Dry: My Path to Overcoming Habitual Drinking, Sean Robinson shares his story of growing up and working in a blue-collar environment where drinking on a daily basis was commonplace, to that of overcoming his own Mile-18 Moment of constant drinking to win back his happiness, his health, and his overall perspective on life. By incorporating daily habits, journaling, and a positive mindset, Sean’s courageous journey towards sobriety is an inspiration to many.

8. 

   30 Dec 2022

   Episode #6: Interview with Terry Tucker

   Terry’s personal and professional journey has been one of change, growth, and adaptation. From the ranks of a Division-1 student-athlete to corporate marketing executive. To that of a hostage negotiator, cancer survivor, and amputee. To today, an author, speaker, and podcast host, Terry shares with our M18M Community the many challenging M18M moments he has had and continues to overcome and the strategies he takes to “embrace the suck” and reach his finish lines of life. Despite his Mile-18 Moments of life, Terry continues to have an awesome outlook on life and is an inspiring human being to so many people, including our Mile-18 Moments community.

9. 

   27 Nov 2022

   Episode #5: Interview with Brette Sadler

   Putting fear behind her and taking the risk of leaving a full-time job for a part-time, seasonal ticket sales role with an NHL expansion team, Brette takes us through her career and the Mile-18 Moments she encountered to become a top Sports & Entertainment Executive with some of the top organizations in the world, all while effectively balancing the responsibilities of being a great spouse and mother.

10. 

    23 Oct 2022

    Episode #4: Finding Your Inspiration - In Order to Arrive, One Must Be Willing to Say Goodbye

    Saying goodbye in difficult situations, means saying hello to and accepting fear, the unknown, the “what if’s” and the doubt. Sometimes it means gathering up all the strength that you have left in your mind and body, just to let go of something or someone that is holding you back from being the person you so desperately want to become. Saying goodbye is about never looking back, but always looking ahead and taking those daunting first steps towards a new starting line, a new race, and ultimately, a new finish line.

11. 

    11 Sept 2022

    Episode #3: Interview with Andrea Matheny

    A transplanted “Jersey Girl” who now lives in South Carolina, this self-proclaimed “mess” takes us through her journey of weight loss, personal loss, addiction, and everyday challenges and how she “embraces the suck of life” to overcome and keep moving forward.

12. 

    11 Sept 2022

    Episode #2: Finding Your Inspiration – Change your Mindset and you Change your World

    When you change your mindset, your entire outlook on life and what happens around you, is completely transformed in a way that doesn’t allow you to get beat down by the negativity, that noise that surrounds you. You start to rethink and reshape your approach to the “suck” for which you are facing at any given moment. You become resolute! In this episode I talk about ways in which you can approach the suck, change your mindset, and truly be in a position to think more positively about your future and the challenges you face, big or small, on a daily basis. When you change your mindset, you change your world. When you do, watch your whole world change for the better!

13. 

    21 Jul 2022

    Episode #1: Interview with Dr. Anthony DeSantis; The Mile-18 Moment Takeaway: "Embrace the Suck-Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable"

    In my first ever interview episode of Mile-18 Moments, I take some time to connect with Dr. Anthony DeSantis. Associate Vice President of Student Affairs at St. Leo University. From nearly becoming a college dropout to now a very successful academic, Dr. DeSantis shares his journey with our listeners of the Mile-18 Moments he overcame to become who he is today. Stories such as managing a career pivot, becoming and avid marathon runner, and his approach to failure. Dr. DeSantis offers some great insight and advice on how to overcome the suck of life and career to reach your finish line. The Mile-18 Moment takeaway of this episode focuses on "Embracing the Suck: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable." Here I unpack the concept of conditioning your mind and mental approach for dealing with those challenging moments in your life, to anticipate them, and mentally prepare yourself to overcome them. It all starts with mindset and your ability to accept life for what it is, possess the confidence and courage to keep moving forward towards your own personal finish line, despite what the odds against you look like. I invite you to take part in this journey of inspiration! I invite you to learn how to "embrace the suck of life and career to reach your finish line." I invite you to begin your race towards "inspiring others to the point where they inspire you."

14. 

    21 Jul 2022

    Introduction Episode: What is the concept of Mile-18; The Mile-18 Moment Takeaway: "The Starting Line"

    Welcome to the first ever episode of the Mile-18 Moments Podcast, where we learn to "embrace of suck of life and career to reach our finish lines." On this inaugural episode, I take the time to introduce you to who I am, what I do, and why I am on this journey of Inspiration. This episode will take you through the concept of Mile-18, a phrase that is most commonly known to marathon runners and triathletes of all shapes, sizes, and ages, but also a concept that can absolutely translate into all aspects of our personal and professional life and the many challenges we face at work, at home, with our friends, our family, those teammates that we lead, and the bosses we answer to. The M18M podcast is for all audiences regardless of who you are, what you do, and what you represent. The concepts, strategies, and lessons learned during this journey can be put into action by anyone, anywhere, in any situation. In addition, the Mile-18 Moment takeaway for this first ever episode is appropriately titled: "The Starting Line." This M18M is all about finding your own courage and confidence that I absolutely know you possess, to step up to your own personal starting line, and begin your race towards something awesome, something that will forever change who you are and the trajectory of your life. I invite you to take part in this journey of inspiration! I invite you to learn how to "embrace the suck of life and career to reach your finish line." I invite you to begin your race towards "Inspiring others to the point where they inspire you."

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