Bill Barkeley's guest appearances

Bill Barkeley

The Blind Sport Podcast

Big Impact Radio

Belly of the Beast Life Stories & Beyond with David All

Mark 2.0

Viv Leacock

Chip Conley

Robert Burns

Auld Lang Syne

Kyle Robidoux

Daniel McCarthy

Theo Fleury

John Schneider

Mike Goncalves

David Brown

Scotty Brown

Jonathan Mosen

Peter Neal

Jason Romero

Diane Franklin

OwlTail

Prepare to be inspired,  Bill Barkeley's story is both enlightening and moving.  Bill has an enormous capacity to encourage anyone.  Regardless of the challenges one faces, and we all face challenges, Bill uses his life journey to motivate others, teaching everyone about living a life that is not just significant and meaningful but a life that can also impact others in a positive way.  He started to lose his hearing around the age of five and he learned to make his way in the world using adaptive strategies and with the aid of technology.  Then around the age of 26, after getting  married and becoming a father, he learned that he was losing his eyesight as well.  He is now legally blind, but those challenges haven't stopped him from some amazing endeavours such as: Completing the Boston Marathon twice.  Going on a 500 mile hike through Spain.  Or from visiting Peru's Machu Picchu.  He even climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.  Bill is a both a keynote and inspirational speaker who travels extensively.  He's involved with No Barriers USA an organization he helped found.  You can find out more about him, or engage with him for speaking and other opportunities at  http://billbarkeley.com/Sit back and enjoy.  Like and subscribe to the Mark 2.0 Podcast, check out previous episodes for other great guests and stay tuned as we continue to host inspiring people from all facets of life who have inspiring stories to tell. 

Prepare to be inspired,  Bill Barkeley's story is both enlightening and moving.  Bill has an enormous capacity to encourage anyone.  Regardless of the challenges one faces, and we all face challenges, Bill uses his life journey to motivate others, teaching everyone about living a life that is not just significant and meaningful but a life that can also impact others in a positive way.   He started to lose his hearing around the age of five and he learned to make his way in the world using adaptive strategies and with the aid of technology.  Then around the age of 26, after getting  married and becoming a father, he learned that he was losing his eyesight as well.  He is now legally blind, but those challenges haven't stopped him from some amazing endeavours such as: Completing the Boston Marathon twice.  Going on a 500 mile hike through Spain.  Or from visiting Peru's Machu Picchu.  He even climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.   Bill is a both a keynote and inspirational speaker who travels extensively.  He's involved with No Barriers USA an organization he helped found.  You can find out more about him, or engage with him for speaking and other opportunities at  <a href="http://billbarkeley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://billbarkeley.com/</a> Sit back and enjoy.  Like and subscribe to the Mark 2.0 Podcast, check out previous episodes for other great guests and stay tuned as we continue to host inspiring people from all facets of life who have inspiring stories to tell.

Bill Barkeley's Amazing Life and Journey

Bill Barkeley is both deaf and blind, but that hasn't slowed him down. In fact, you could say that Bill lives an adventurous lifestyle. He has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, finished the Boston Marathon two times and hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago... just to name a few. Bill has a rare disease called Usher Syndrome. As a deaf-blind adventurer, he lives a full life and helps others overcome their obstacles in life. He is the co-founder of No Barriers, which embraces an ethos of finding purpose to get around obstacles in life, especially oneself. EPISODE SUMMARY- Bill was profoundly deaf from the age of 5.- At the age of 28, Bill was married, working at Fortune 500 company, and had just had his first baby and living in San Francisco.- Several car accidents made Bill go to the eye doctor - thinking he needed glasses.- Eventually a specialist diagnosed him with a rare disease called Usher Syndrome - type II - the leading cause of deaf-blindness.- You can imagine this felt ‘like a death sentence’ to hear that you were going blind.- Bill surrendered on his first adventure - climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa - he let go and found himself - letting go of what he thought the world was expecting of him.- Bill’s adventures have deep meaning and purpose - but also fun and difficult.- Bill talks about his wife and the role of the spouse and caregiver.- Coping skills - accept yourself and surround yourself with the ‘rope team.’- No Barriers USA - Bill’s non-profit helps folks get over the largest obstacle, 90 percent of the time it’s them. QUOTABLES- “It just felt like a death sentence, even though I wasn't dying. It was really about the realization that life was not going to be necessarily on my terms.”- “If you go out to life it's great, but life isn't going to come to you.”- “So the minute I let go of what I thought the world was expecting me to do that climb. Is the time, I said, you know, I'm going to do this. I can do it. I made it this far. And it's not about them. It's about me and about finding a new direction and new focus on my life.”- “Kilimanjaro... One of the insights that we've been talking about is finding yourself. But it's also about that time when you make the decision to live, you know that life is worth having and that you really can't imagine it not being there. “- “You can call me a lot of things: A father, a son, a husband, a community member, a board member, you can call me some not so nice names. You can call me some good names. You can call me deaf. You can call me blind. They're just ways people describe me. But it doesn't have to define me. I define myself every day by what I do or where I go.” - “Impact is powerful. We get great gifts by taking on challenges and adversity and mountains in our lives. We get the reward of knowing that we can make ourselves and other people on the human journey better, more satisfied, happier and fulfilled. So that's why I do adventures.”- “You know, it's important to just realize life doesn't come to you. We are tasked with the purpose of making the life.”- “So the coping piece of it is really comes around a number of different things. One is accepting yourself, realizing that you have your constraints and challenges. That's one piece. Another piece is surrounding yourself with what I call the rope team. I mean, people that really care about you. People that will listen to you. People that want to help in some way or capacity... have an emotional connection to you. And that you matter to them or you matter to life or things around you. That really means getting over yourself and saying, you know, I need help.” - “To me, coping is realizing that it isn't going to come from just inside you. It's going to come from the world around you. And it's how you use the tools and resources and other people in the world around you that is going to define your ability to cope.” Learn more about Bill Barkeley:BillBarkeley.comNo Barriers USA, a non-profit Bill co-founded dedicated to helping others overcome obstacles in their lifeENABLE OUR MISSIONYour podcast is a sacred space and judgment free zone. It's free of advertising and outside influence -- 100% listener supported.A podcast where you can feel safe to listen and know that you're not alone. Transformation is scary, but not a single butterfly has ever attempted to climb back into the cocoon.To keep us advertising free and support our mission to heal, inspire and shape lives with extraordinary personal life stories, chip-in $5 a month at BellyStory.com/support.Thank you for listening.Warmly,David AllCreator, Storyteller, ProducerCO-CREATE OUR PODCASTTo submit your story, sign-up for new episode emails, contact us or support our mission with a donation, visit:BellyStory.com

Bill Barkeley is both deaf and blind, but that hasn't slowed him down. In fact, you could say that Bill lives an adventurous lifestyle. He has summited Mount Kilimanjaro, finished the Boston Marathon two times and hiked the 500-mile Camino de Santiago... just to name a few. Bill has a rare disease called Usher Syndrome. As a deaf-blind adventurer, he lives a full life and helps others overcome their obstacles in life. He is the co-founder of <a href="https://nobarriersusa.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">No Barriers</a>, which embraces an ethos of finding purpose to get around obstacles in life, especially oneself. EPISODE SUMMARY- Bill was profoundly deaf from the age of 5.- At the age of 28, Bill was married, working at Fortune 500 company, and had just had his first baby and living in San Francisco.- Several car accidents made Bill go to the eye doctor - thinking he needed glasses.- Eventually a specialist diagnosed him with a rare disease called Usher Syndrome - type II - the leading cause of deaf-blindness.- You can imagine this felt ‘like a death sentence’ to hear that you were going blind.- Bill surrendered on his first adventure - climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa - he let go and found himself - letting go of what he thought the world was expecting of him.- Bill’s adventures have deep meaning and purpose - but also fun and difficult.- Bill talks about his wife and the role of the spouse and caregiver.- Coping skills - accept yourself and surround yourself with the ‘rope team.’- No Barriers USA - Bill’s non-profit helps folks get over the largest obstacle, 90 percent of the time it’s them. QUOTABLES- “It just felt like a death sentence, even though I wasn't dying. It was really about the realization that life was not going to be necessarily on my terms.”- “If you go out to life it's great, but life isn't going to come to you.”- “So the minute I let go of what I thought the world was expecting me to do that climb. Is the time, I said, you know, I'm going to do this. I can do it. I made it this far. And it's not about them. It's about me and about finding a new direction and new focus on my life.”- “Kilimanjaro... One of the insights that we've been talking about is finding yourself. But it's also about that time when you make the decision to live, you know that life is worth having and that you really can't imagine it not being there. “- “You can call me a lot of things: A father, a son, a husband, a community member, a board member, you can call me some not so nice names. You can call me some good names. You can call me deaf. You can call me blind. They're just ways people describe me. But it doesn't have to define me. I define myself every day by what I do or where I go.” - “Impact is powerful. We get great gifts by taking on challenges and adversity and mountains in our lives. We get the reward of knowing that we can make ourselves and other people on the human journey better, more satisfied, happier and fulfilled. So that's why I do adventures.”- “You know, it's important to just realize life doesn't come to you. We are tasked with the purpose of making the life.”- “So the coping piece of it is really comes around a number of different things. One is accepting yourself, realizing that you have your constraints and challenges. That's one piece. Another piece is surrounding yourself with what I call the rope team. I mean, people that really care about you. People that will listen to you. People that want to help in some way or capacity... have an emotional connection to you. And that you matter to them or you matter to life or things around you. That really means getting over yourself and saying, you know, I need help.” - “To me, coping is realizing that it isn't going to come from just inside you. It's going to come from the world around you. And it's how you use the tools and resources and other people in the world around you that is going to define your ability to cope.” Learn more about Bill Barkeley:<ul><li><a href="http://billbarkeley.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">BillBarkeley.com</a></li><li><a href="https://nobarriersusa.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">No Barriers USA</a>, a non-profit Bill co-founded dedicated to helping others overcome obstacles in their life</li></ul>ENABLE OUR MISSIONYour podcast is a sacred space and judgment free zone. It's free of advertising and outside influence -- 100% listener supported.A podcast where you can feel safe to listen and know that you're not alone. Transformation is scary, but not a single butterfly has ever attempted to climb back into the cocoon.To keep us advertising free and support our mission to heal, inspire and shape lives with extraordinary personal life stories, chip-in $5 a month at <a href="https://www.bellystory.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">BellyStory.com/support</a>.Thank you for listening.Warmly,David AllCreator, Storyteller, ProducerCO-CREATE OUR PODCASTTo submit your story, sign-up for new episode emails, contact us or support our mission with a donation, visit:<a href="https://www.bellystory.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">BellyStory.com</a>

Deaf-Blind Adventures with Bill Barkeley

In episode 69 we chat with DeafBlind Adventurer Bill Barkeley. Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Being the first DeafBlind person to run the Boston Marathon, and recently hiking 500 miles from France to Spain are just some of the challenges that Bill has taken on. Here’s a guy who by being solutions focused, encouraging teamwork and striving for both his own success as much as others is truly leading by example. Visit his website billbarkeley.com Bill also talks about the great work being done by No Barriers USA. Check out their website nobarriersusa.org This is a great conversation and I am sure that you will find it both informative and entertaining. I also include some motivational quotations. You can subscribe, download and listen to this podcast for free via iTunes, a smartphone podcast app, a Victor Reader Stream, or at The Blind Sport Podcast website. theblindsportpodcast.com Please share this podcast with your social networks as the more that people get to listen, the greater the ability to create a community of blind sport supporters. For a full transcript of the audio contained within this podcast episode, access one of the following document format links: (Currently being transcribed) Cheers, Mike.

In episode 69 we chat with DeafBlind Adventurer Bill Barkeley. Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Being the first DeafBlind person to run the Boston Marathon, and recently hiking 500 miles from France to Spain are just some of the challenges that Bill has taken on. Here’s a guy who by being solutions focused, encouraging teamwork and striving for both his own success as much as others is truly leading by example. Visit his website <a href="http://billbarkeley.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">billbarkeley.com</a> Bill also talks about the great work being done by No Barriers USA. Check out their website <a href="http://www.nobarriersusa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nobarriersusa.org</a> This is a great conversation and I am sure that you will find it both informative and entertaining. I also include some motivational quotations. You can subscribe, download and listen to this podcast for free via iTunes, a smartphone podcast app, a Victor Reader Stream, or at The Blind Sport Podcast website. <a href="http://theblindsportpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theblindsportpodcast.com</a> Please share this podcast with your social networks as the more that people get to listen, the greater the ability to create a community of blind sport supporters. For a full transcript of the audio contained within this podcast episode, access one of the following document format links: (Currently being transcribed) Cheers, Mike.

DeafBlind Adventurer Bill Barkeley – Episode 69 of The Blind Sport Podcast