What does surfing teach us about moving through life with more presence, clarity and trust?
Alexa Marie joins Greg Finch for a story-forward conversation about the waves that stay with us and why surfing can become far more than recreation.
Alexa shares how a friend’s before-school surf session first opened her imagination, how she found her way from inland Orange County to Doheny, and how joining a high-school surf team helped make the ocean part of her life. She reflects on surfing as a spiritual practice and a place to reconnect with herself, recharge from the demands of entrepreneurship, and return to everyday life with more energy.
The conversation explores the shift from pressure and competition toward presence and fun, how breathing and grounding help Alexa meet both waves and life’s bigger moments, and why surfing can train our capacity to enter a flow state without running through a mental checklist.
Alexa also shares the advice she received from Cheryl, a longtime Doheny surfer: “Stay high on the wave.” It became both a surfing cue and a way to work with the emotional waves that show up beyond the water.
For surfers who understand that a session can shape far more than the time spent riding waves.
