Staying Grounded and Mindful with John Lyke

Today, Nicole interviews John Lyke - a close family friend of Nicole’s as well as an actor and director from Los Angeles! Together, they talk about John’s career, how it developed from a young age, and what it’s become over the years.

Here are a few takeaways from their conversation: 

1. [6:58] Everything’s not as crazy as you might think or believe, you just kind of have to work at it every day
2. [30:02] Sometimes, you need to change your mindset - in a scenario where you have everything right, you still don’t feel great, it might be your frame of mind rather than anything else
3. [46:59] If you’re coming at a particular industry and fear going into it, you should still go for it regardless and overcome that anxiety, working on that fear-based mindset

Host: Nicole Davison

Guest: John Lyke

John Lyke is a New England native who has balanced most of his life between filmmaking and action sports. At age thirteen, Emmy award-winning cinematographer Bruce Taylor took John under his wing, and from there, he went on to Champlain College for filmmaking, where he would graduate as valedictorian. He left his professional snowboarding career when he moved to LA to make movies.

Over his film career, he’s worked as a video editor for companies like Hulu and Netflix, been a stuntman on blockbusters like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and an actor in #Millenials on Direct TV and Pure Genius on CBS. Directing duo, the Daniels referenced John’s directing work as inspiration for their Sundance-winning film Swiss Army Man.

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