Sep 8, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
What do you do when hope feels impossible to find? In this episode, Tyler Hall — host of the Roller Coaster Podcast — joins us ahead of this year's Dream Rally to talk about the hardest stories he's…
Tyler HallGuest
Matt AugustHost
Yeah, look, I think all of us as kids, like we have a dream, right? and I remember being a young kid and when people, you know, eight, 10, 12 years old, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
And it was like, you know, I want to be a professional athlete or I want to be a race car driver.
I want to be a, and, and like, I feel so fortunate to have gotten to a place in my life where I can genuinely say that I'm living out my dream.
You know, most of the world, if you ask them, like, If you're being honest, are you living out your dream right now? Right? I think most people would say no, they're not.
And so now I have a taste of like what it's like to really struggle and go through some really, really difficult things.
And, you know, I've had a lot of challenges when I was around his age, the young boy that's going to be riding with me.
And I remember how, just like how difficult that was for me, how difficult it was for family, for my mother.
And luckily she lived, she beat it and she lived, but it was a long, hard, drawn out battle with cancer.
And, you know, I, I fast forward to today and I just, like, I was thinking about this yesterday or the day before I was, um, I was in my office and in the morning, I sort of do a morning routine that involves some deep thinking and meditation and reading.
You know, like, I can't believe that This is my, these are my friends and I have this family and these children and, and, you know, I want to, and I've tried to do this for years, but like really my mission on Saturday with this young man is to like help him see a vision for his life and that his life can be amazing and that he can have it all and he can accomplish anything he wants.
And there are certain things, you know, I think that we have to do in our life to be able to unlock these things.
What unlocked for you to get to that point of, you know, like being sitting in your office and just being grateful for everything around you and the people in your life?
I mean, look, I think as a youth, the number one encouragement is like, I think about this with my kids all the time.
At some point, we are no longer in control of the decisions that our children make.
And it starts very young, right? One thing we can control as parents up until a certain age, I don't know if that's 12 or 14 or 15, is who they hang out with.
Yeah, look, I think all of us as kids, like we have a dream, right? and I remember being a young kid and when people, you know, eight, 10, 12 years old, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
And it was like, you know, I want to be a professional athlete or I want to be a race car driver.
I want to be a, and, and like, I feel so fortunate to have gotten to a place in my life where I can genuinely say that I'm living out my dream.
You know, most of the world, if you ask them, like, If you're being honest, are you living out your dream right now? Right? I think most people would say no, they're not.
And so now I have a taste of like what it's like to really struggle and go through some really, really difficult things.
And, you know, I've had a lot of challenges when I was around his age, the young boy that's going to be riding with me.
And I remember how, just like how difficult that was for me, how difficult it was for family, for my mother.
And luckily she lived, she beat it and she lived, but it was a long, hard, drawn out battle with cancer.
And, you know, I, I fast forward to today and I just, like, I was thinking about this yesterday or the day before I was, um, I was in my office and in the morning, I sort of do a morning routine that involves some deep thinking and meditation and reading.
You know, like, I can't believe that This is my, these are my friends and I have this family and these children and, and, you know, I want to, and I've tried to do this for years, but like really my mission on Saturday with this young man is to like help him see a vision for his life and that his life can be amazing and that he can have it all and he can accomplish anything he wants.
And there are certain things, you know, I think that we have to do in our life to be able to unlock these things.
What unlocked for you to get to that point of, you know, like being sitting in your office and just being grateful for everything around you and the people in your life?
I mean, look, I think as a youth, the number one encouragement is like, I think about this with my kids all the time.
At some point, we are no longer in control of the decisions that our children make.
And it starts very young, right? One thing we can control as parents up until a certain age, I don't know if that's 12 or 14 or 15, is who they hang out with.
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