The Deep Joy Podcast
Episodes
E20: Kim Houghton - Peak Performance through Physiology
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second episode with Kimberley Houghton, a Peak Performance Coach who has spent the last ten years training with some of the best organisat...
E19: Caro Spitzer - Understanding Burnout in Freediving
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm sharing another solo episode where we are talking about Freediving burnout - how we drift into it, why it happens and how to gently find...
E18: Ahmed Bambino - The Mindset behind the Squeeze
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed Bambino is An Aida instructor trainer, the founder of One Breath Academy and a high-performance freediving coach. He has guided athletes to nati...
E17: Jindřiška Zajacová - Growing up at Depth
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jindřiška is a Czech freediving athlete, instructor, and swim coach. She is a multiple national record holder and a pool WCH medalist. Thrown into t...
E16: Michele Usai - Fast Progress towards Depth
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Michele Usai is an Italian Freediver from Sardinia.In recent years, he has committed himself fully to freediving, embracing the discipline, physical c...
E15: Aaron Fischer - Static and the Athlete Mind
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Fisher is a Canadian national record holder in static breath-holding who’s deeply curious about the mind, meditation, surrender, and the nervo...
E14: Maria Bobela - Small Steps to Success
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Bobela is a Polish Freediver and World Champion (2024), competing in depth disciplines.She is the founder of "DROP Freediving", under ...
E13: David Mellor - Depth Beyond Age
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Mellor is a Freediver with 13 years in the water and 6 years competition experience. He's a seven time CMAS Masters Category 2 World Record ...
E12: Davide Carrera - The Power of Vulnerability
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Davide Carrera is an Italian freediver and world-record holder, known for diving to depths of 130 meters and setting both national and world records. ...
E11: Eugen Goettling - Discipline under pressure
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eugen is an Austrian Freediver and national record holder. He learnt to dive in the military and in this episode he is sharing a very different approa...
E10: Gus Kreivenas - Honesty, Patience & Love
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gus Kreivenas is a Master of Underwater Sport, Athlete, Freediving Coach and founder of Touch Down Freediving School. He is a strong believer that Fre...
E9: Gary McGrath - Mental Health in and out of the water
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gary is a British national record holding Freediver diving to well over 100m. He's also one of the busiest coaches in Dahab. In this episode we are go...
E8: Caro Spitzer - Building a Mental Foundation
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I'm sharing 3 things that I find important to "build your mental foundation" for Freediving:- Defining your WHY in Freediving- Defi...
E7: Carlos Diezel - Managing Expectations
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I'm interviewing Carlos Diezel. He's an AIDA instructor trainer, Athlete, Coach and Safety Diver. He's also the man...
E6: Khaled ELGammal - The Importance of Adaptability
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Khaled ELGammal is an Egyptian Freediving Instructor Trainer and a Pro Athlete. He's the first Egyptian to reach 100m depth on one single breath. ...
E5: Shereen Ramadan - From Depression to Gratitude
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I'm interviewing Shereen Ramadan, a renewable energy engineer turned scuba and Freediving instructor and athlete. She moved to Daha...
E4: Katharina Bötsch - From Aquaphobia to Freediving Instructor
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode I am interviewing Katharina Bötsch, a student of mine that I had the pleasure to coach for several months of her freediving jour...
E3: Kimberley Houghton - The Nervous System in Freediving
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm interviewing Kimberley Houghton, a Peak Performance Coach who has spent the last ten years training with some of the best orga...
E2: Evan Walter - Focusing on the Good
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I'm Interviewing Evan Walter, Coach, athlete and several US National record and American Recordholder in the pool. He will be sharing ...
E1: My Story
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of Deep Joy. In this episode I talk about my journey in Freediving, the challenges and setbacks I've encountered and ...
Introduction to Deep Joy
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Deep Joy Podcast - a space for exploring the mental side of Freediving.I’m your host, Caro Spitzer.In each episode we dive into minds...