Category: Podcast

Harnessing Creativity and Problem Solving Through Your Right Brain with Bill Donius

Bill Donius knows your brain has a secret area that you are not fully utilizing. Ever have that “aha!” moment in the shower, or laying in your bed, or while running– a seemingly magical idea that is captivating and motivating? What if you could trigger those ideas on demand? Bill says you can-in less than 60 seconds. It’s all due to the specific roles of the hemispheres of the brain. Many of us know the idea of left brain/right brain-that the separate hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different types of thought. The left brain for analytical and logical thinking, the right brain for creativity and problem solving. Bill has been interested in accessing the right brain for problem solving for years, and now does seminars for Fortune 500 companies to teach CEOs and managers how to use this elusive part of the brain for high-level problem solving and strategy creation. However, he thinks that everyone can benefit from introducing right brain use into their lives. We discuss just how to do this, plus how to get into flow, ask yourself the right questions, and relax to boost creativity.

Optimizing Your Productivity to Do More of What You Love with Mike Vardy

Mike Vardy is known as the Productivityist, a fitting name, because he doesn’t treat productivity like a tactic, he treats it like a belief system. Mike believes in productivity as a way to not just get you doing more, but get you doing more of the stuff that you love. He’s been studying it since his early career at Costco, an environment where an efficient system is crucial. He studied the greats, did some testing of their systems on himself, refined them according to their flaws and strengths and added a few of his own brilliant ideas to create “Now Your Way”, the productivity system of his own creation. This show is chock full of tips that will get anybody rethinking the way they organize their life. We discuss the ‘mode’ system, the strengths and weaknesses of famous productivity systems, and how to work with your biology to produce more effective results.

How A Rockstar VA Can Give You More Freedom And Peace Of Mind with Carolyn Ketchum

You might know Carolyn Ketchum for her highly popular food blog, All Day I Dream About Food, which receives over a million views per month. What you probably don’t know her from is her past as my rockstar virtual assistant. That’s right, in this very special episode I’m baring all and breaking down the secret entrepreneur technique of having a virtual assistant. Carolyn was an absolute rockstar VA, and we discuss how the entire process works in this little-seen role. If you’ve ever considered your own virtual assistant, or have hopes of working as a VA for a successful entrepreneur, this is a can’t miss, because we are rattling off essential tips for an optimal entrepreneur/VA relationship. We cover the three lists of freedom, how to find and screen the perfect VA, and why you deserve to outsource the things you don’t want to do.

Shaping Ideas and Remembering Experiences Through Sketchnotes with Mike Rohde

Mike Rohde believes that the idea of saving all the things we need to remember and need to do solely within our mind is an ineffective way to retain and process different experiences, ideas, and conversations we come across in our lives. Instead, influenced by his background as a UX designer, Mike is able to remember and process things in a highly creative, highly effective way that I’m excited about sharing. They’re called sketchnotes, and they take the concept of taking notes to another level. They amplify notes with small pictures, differing fonts, and an emphasis on important details. In this episode, Mike peels back the layers of how sketchnotes rewire the way you process and retain information, and explains that anyone, artistically inclined or challenged, can benefit from taking stylized notes, even for personal use.

Ending Chronic Pain Using Fascial Counterstrain Therapy with Tim Hodges

Tim Hodges is a leading expert in fascial counterstrain, a relatively recent therapy that brings in new and exciting knowledge about fascia, the tissue fibers beneath our skin that enclose and separate our muscles and organs. It was originally thought that body workers (massage therapists, physical therapists, etc.) were only affecting muscle. Now, however, we know that they affect our body’s protective tissue, and have the ability to affect dysfunctions in our protective systems that directly affect our vital systems, such as the venal system, the lymphatic system, and the cardiovascular system.

This sometimes means for those going through chronic pain, the relief can be instantaneous. Tim and his partner Brian Tuckey have been revolutionizing what we know about fascia, what it does to the body, and its potential for healing. Tim explains how our body’s protection system and defense system sometimes malfunctions and can cause discomfort. However, utilizing new techniques to identify and treat dysfunctions in fascia, Tim can achieve amazing, and even miracle-like results for a huge variety of fascial maladies. We delve into how fascia protects our vital systems, how to instantly correct blockages, and secret healing techniques.

The Power Of The Morning Ritual To Transform Your Life with Raul Villacis

Like me, Raul Villacis has gone through a radical transformation. He was in a job that was going nowhere, his body was in a constant pain that doctors couldn’t figure out, and he found himself turning to alcohol to escape his reality. It wasn’t until he found the power of a morning ritual that he turned his life around. For such a simple practice, it is amazing the type of power it can have in revitalizing a life and career. He’s now a successful coach running a sought-after mastermind group, and has learned to master his state in a way that keeps him in control of his emotions and his destiny. We discuss how to open your mind to personal development, creating a ritual that sticks and the role gratitude plays in motivations.

Healing Our Bodies For Longevity And Boundless Energy with Jay and Joy

Jay and Joy (a.k.a. The JingSlingers) are back again with another enlightening episode. This time, we focus not on what you put into your body, but what is already in it. It’s all about checking in on the status of your body, seeing what needs work and attention, and healing ourselves with the proper techniques. Jay and Joy delve into what Jingslinging truly means, and how they can help return youthful energy to your body by treating it right and ridding it of toxins. They reveal their favorite brain training techniques, the dangers of heavy metals, the benefits of genetic testing and more.

Resistance Flexibility for a Pain-Free Body with Luther Cowden

You probably don’t know much about what Luther Cowden does, but it could instantaneously improve your life for the better. Luther is a resistance flexibility expert, which sounds like a niche specialty, but when is the last time we had the thought that “I’m just not a flexible person”, or “I really lost the ability to touch my toes like I used to”. We all have those things that we feel that we just can’t do with our body.

As it turns out, it goes a lot deeper than that. Flexibility problems are attributed to dense fascia, a build-up of hard scar tissue that prevents our muscles from doing what they should. The effects of that can branch into difficulties with losing weight, anxiety problems, or constant pain. Luther, working from the teachings of Bob Cooley, has learned how to heal these problems permanently and instantaneously. We discuss the roles fascia has in our bodies, how hip pain can signal bigger problems, and how resistance flexibility can identify problems losing weight.

The Art of Listening and Maneuvering Difficult Conversations with Mark Goulston

Mark Goulston has the worst parts and best parts of the human brain mapped and understood like a Rubik’s cube master. He’s been a UCLA professor for 20 years, trains FBI hostage negotiators, is a trained psychiatrist- the man is unstoppable. The reason is he understands that the majority of the difficult conversations we have take root with some other problem-and Mark knows how to get people to open up about those problems. We all have difficult and unpleasant conversations throughout our lives. However, there’s never really been a roadmap for how to deal with them, you simply wince and do your best. Luckily, Mark gives us the key to not only making these conversations smoother, but to help you communicate on a deeper level. We discuss the difference between noticing and listening, how to de-escalate arguments, and how to self-manage your anger.

Overcoming Andropause, the ‘Menopause’ for Men with Chris Gatchis

Chris Gatchis has been fascinated by the real effects that a properly balanced nutrition and fitness can have on your entire life since he was a teen. But when he started his own nutrition company, Axis Labs, he noticed something strangely off with his body. He was still following a fitness regimen he knew to work for him in the past, and was currently working for others, but found himself gaining weight, feeling sluggish, and just not feeling his prime. When he went to the doctor for a checkup as he and his wife were trying to conceive, the problem came to light. His testosterone levels were frighteningly low. Because he had the resources, he decided to do something about it himself, and find a way to help other men in the same situation.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris and discussing some of the fascinating realities he found once he started researching his problem. What he didn’t expect was to find a problem that is relevant to every male over the age of 22. Testosterone therapy, Chris finds, can be the key to reviving your energy, your sex drive, and your natural vigor-and have you feeling like you did when you were 20. He details his insights on andropause, improving testosterone levels, natural healing and more.