Hell Yes Life

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is David Wood. David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching. He has done thousands of hours of coaching in 12 countries around the globe. He coaches high performing business owners to double their revenue, and their time off by focusing on less, and being 30% more courageous in their business or career.Check out his epic first guest appearance here on the Hell Yes Life podcast!… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Charlie Gilkey. Charlie helps people start finishing the stuff that matters. He's the founder of Productive Flourishing, author of the books Start Finishing and The Small Business Lifecycle, and host of the Productive Flourishing podcast. Before starting Productive Flourishing, Charlie worked as a Joint Force Military Logistics Coordinator while simultaneously pursuing a PhD in Philosophy. He lives with his wife, Angela, in Portland, Oregon.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Denise Woods. One of the most sought-after vocal coaches in Hollywood, Denise has worked with Halle Berry, Will Smith, Laurence Fishburne, Jessica Chastain, Mike Meyers, Idris Elba, Kirsten Dunst, and many others. In her new book, The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard, Woods shares proven, practical, and invaluable tools to change not only how we communicate, but how we see ourselves.… Read more

Hell Yes, I'm back! We got the delightful, inspirational & motivational speaker, and power author Mark Victor Hansen today!Born to Danish parents who migrated to the US in the 1930s, Mark grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. He shared to us today that he never believed he was a writer - he was even in grade school remedial classes for being a poor reader! So what took him from being a young boy who doesn't read well into an international best-selling author?… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, please join me in welcoming to the show Park Howell, the host of the popular Business of Story podcast and author of the bestselling book, Brand Bewitchery: How To Wield The Story Cycle System To Craft Spellbinding Stories For Your Brand. The fifth in a brood of seven, Park's earliest take on branding started when his father named their childhood home "Happy H" - which is right what their family stands for: happiness.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, we are honored today to have the delightfully unapologetic author Gary John Bishop. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Unf**ck Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. His brazen writing and no-BS style writing about how to literally "unf**ck your life" and be free of limitations has set millions of readers on a journey to genuine self-help.As I have mentioned in previous episodes, this Covid pandemic has wreaked havoc in many people's lives across the globe, yours truly included.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Rachel Doyle. Rachel founded GlamourGals in 2000 as a junior in high school. The first GlamourGals makeover took place in Commack, NY, with only three volunteers.Almost 20 years later, GlamourGals is now headquartered in NYC and has grown into a national movement, inspiring and organizing over 1,300 teen volunteers in 18 states to provide ongoing companionship and complimentary beauty makeovers to women living in senior homes.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is musician Scott Howard. Scott’s latest album, “The Language of Clouds” released to a crowd of loyal fans who have followed his journey since releasing his first album Ascended Man in 2018.The new album, featuring songs like the 'Queen of Hearts' maintains the rock-and-roll at the 432 Hz vibe that he is known and loved for and continues to fulfill his lifelong mission.Connect with Scott:https://www.scotthowardmusic.com/… Read more

Brandon Peele is a best-selling author and international speaker and vice president of People Science at ion Learning. Over the last two decades, Brandon has written or co-written four books on purpose activation, and worked with organizations like Morgan Stanley, LinkedIn, the US Marine Corps and Johnson & Johnson to activate purpose-led and inclusive cultures.He has also taught at Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Minnesota and Northern Arizona University, and has had his work featured in media outlets such as Forbes, U.S.… Read more

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Stephanie Scheller. After three years in corporate America, Stephanie ramped up her sales training and coaching business in only four and a half months to completely replace her corporate income and walked away to run Scheller Enterprises, a company focused on disrupting the way the world goes into and stays in business.As attention shifted to creating a global impact, Stephanie founded Grow Disrupt, a company passionate about helping business owners look at their business with different eyes to find opportunities to grow and streamline.… Read more

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Paul Maskill. Paul is a small business owner & advocate and the host of the podcast The Business Owner's Freedom Formula Show​.When Paul started his first business in 2011,  he was working 60-80 hour weeks on a business that couldn’t survive without him. After systematizing everything and empowering a team to run the business better than he could, revenues nearly doubled to $500k while the number of hours he worked dropped below 40 hours per week.… Read more

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Kiki Wong. Kiki was the lead guitarist and singer for the band Nylon Pink. Kiki has shared the stage with acts like Taylor Swift, Usher, Bret Michaels, The Misfits, and more. Currently, Kiki loves traveling the world with her best friend and former band mate, Kaila Yu, and they are both founders of the Travel/Beauty/lifestyle blog NylonPink.tv They are the authors of the best-selling book, 30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality and have recently appeared as travel experts on multiple news networks such as Fox, CBS, and NBC.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Christina DuVarney. Christina is the founder of Beautiful Disaster Clothing, a multi-million-dollar brand that distributes confidence and self-empowerment through apparel with a purpose. According to Christina, Beautiful Disaster is not just a clothing brand. It’s an Identity.She truly spells out Women Empowerment - check out authentic girl-rebel fashion at Beautiful Disaster Clothing! [NOTE: This interview was recorded in early March, in what Stephen Colbert calls "The Before Times" (i.e.… Read more

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal.Taryn is the author of “Flourish or Fold: The Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People”, which is expected to release as a book in 2020. She is the former Head of Executive Leadership Development at Nike, Global Leadership Development at Cigna, and founded her own company, Resilience Leadership, where she serves as the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO). Her research and thought leadership have been showcased in publications such as Thrive Global, and Women’s Daily Magazine, Medium, on television broadcasts, such as NBC, and for apps such as Happify and eMindful.… Read more

​In this first global pandemic edition of the Hell Yes Life podcast, I chat with Sara Dean, the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. To address these crazy times, Sara has created a free hope, happiness & mental health challenge for women and moms. In the interview, Sara shared three things you can do to protect your mental health during this time. We also discussed why you are highly qualified to navigate this crisis, no matter who you are.… Read more

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Maria Liberati. An award-winning cookbook author and celebrity chef, Maria is considered one of the foremost experts on Italian cuisine and culture and has been called the Italian 'Martha Stewart'. Her Basic Art of Italian Cooking book series was awarded the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris, France.​Check out her cookbooks and her story on MariaLiberati.com  Subscribe to the HYL Podcast! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast ...

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Hashim Lafond. Hashim is a Los Angeles-based creative and brand influencer.  His large-scale street art has driven fans to Melrose Avenue, NBCUniversal, and other high-traffic locations throughout America. Hashim began his career as a host for Radio Disney and later toured for the Disney Cruise Line. He has produced viral content for today’s top influencers, using his social media presence to market brands and drive sales.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Dr. Dravon James. Dravon is the founder of Everyday Peace and the author of the book, Freedom is Your Birthright. As motivational speaker, Dravon’s goal is to educate, empower and inspire others to build the life of their dreams no matter what shows up in their lives- good, bad, or otherwise.Dravon is the happy mother of two teenagers, a wife of 23 years, a successful pharmacist, motivational speaker, author, and an actress whose career credits include a recurring role on HBO’s acclaimed “The Wire”, as well as many stage plays and independent films.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers today my guest is Miha Matlievski, who is otherwise known as the Fail Coach. Miha has forged his approach to helping entrepreneurs and business execu­tives by using a monumental personal failure and eventual redemption to help get others where they need to go to find their personal success and fulfillment.At just 18 years old, Miha Matlievski, a Slovenian high school dropout, dreamed of becoming a suc­cessful entrepreneur. 12 years of hard work that resulted in four successful businesses and a personal net worth of $15M.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Andrea Waltz. Andrea is the co-founder of Courage Crafters, Inc. and co-author of the best-selling book, “Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There.” Through speaking and an online training and coaching course, Andrea teaches people in virtually every business and industry how to think and feel differently about failure, rejection and the word, no. Today, "Go for No" has become a well-known methodology in the world of selling and is widely recognized as the singular best program of its kind.… Read more

In this episode of the Hell Yes Life podcast, we'll talk about why February is the perfect month to fall in love with failure and rejection. You'll also find out what we can learn from inspiring quarterbacks like Patrick Mahones and Russell Wilson that can help us condition ourselves to the No's we experience on the road to Hell Yes. Subscribe to the HYL Podcast! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes or a number of other podcast apps. … Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Vincent Genna. Vincent is a world-renowned psychic healer, respected spiritual teacher, and licensed psychotherapist. He is also a practiced hospice clinical social worker who helped more than 500 patients peacefully transition through their dying process.Vincent has been interviewed on a variety of TV shows on ABC, NBC and CBS, as well as on the Hallmark Channel, and a variety of other podcasts, radio and TV shows. Currently, Vincent can be heard hosting his own weekly radio show called, Stop Stopping Yourself!… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, my first guest of 2020 is a repeat visitor: Chase Boehringer of the Bucketlist Lifestyle. When I read on Facebook that Chase had returned from his challenging and adventurous world record attempt, I knew I had to have him on the show. Tune to hear Chase’s harrowing tales from his attempt to ride a motorcycle up the world’s highest volcano in Chile and claim the title for the highest altitude achieved by motorcycle.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, welcome to 2020! I’m starting off the decade with a solo episode where I share with you the 3-step formula that I’ve used to achieve some of the biggest, bestest things I’ve done in my life. Tune in to find out what those three steps are, and then use them to set some massive goals in 2020. Subscribe to the HYL Podcast! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is David Wood. David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies, including Sony Music, Chanel, and Exxon. David left his Park Avenue job 20 years ago to build the world’s largest coaching business. He became #1 on Google for “life coaching”, serving an audience of 150,000 coaches, and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe. David is the author of "Get Paid For Who You Are," which includes a foreword by Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.… Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, today my guest is Steve Simon. By the age of 29, Steve had traveled and studied in 30 countries and worked on three continents as a robotics engineer and management consultant. While on an assignment in Paris, he had a series of experiences that caused him to reexamine his path. He decided to become an artist, move to California, and open his own art gallery. He has since authored seven books of his art.… Read more

Corey Blake is the publisher of Conscious Capitalism Press, and the founder and CEO of Round Table Companies (RTC), whose purpose is to tell the story behind yours. Corey has spent 12 years helping business leaders use storytelling to transform themselves and their organizations. His work with books and graphic novels has yielded numerous independent publishing awards and mentions or features in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Wired.Corey is also the creator of the Vulnerability Wall and the Vulnerability is Sexy card game.… Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I’m super excited because my guest on the show today is Ruben González. Ruben is a four-time Olympian who has competed in the men's luge. At the Vancouver Olympics he became the first person to ever compete in four Winter Olympics in four different decades.Ruben is also a bestselling author and professional speaker who has spoken for over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books, including “The Courage to Succeed” and “Becoming Unstoppable” have sold over 100,000 copies and have been translated to over 10 languages.… Read more

Calvin Wayman is a successful entrepreneur, a TEDx Speaker, and the best-selling author of Fish Out of Water. He’s the host of the podcast Curious with Calvin Wayman, and he stars in the YouTube show Making The Millionaire: where he is documenting his journey to earning his first million dollars. He’s been featured in a variety of magazines, television and radio shows, and podcasts—including Entrepreneur Magazine, EOFire with John Lee Dumas and the Dave Ramsey Show.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest is Nick Jankel. Nick is an award-winning thought leader, author, philosopher, professional speaker, transformation catalyst, leadership futurist, and educator. Nick has been a leadership lecturer at Yale & Oxford, a contributor to The Economist and The Guardian, and a recurring thinker on BBC TV and the BBC World Service.He is an advisor and coach to C-Suite leaders at organizations like HSBC, Kellogg’s, and Unilever. He has had articles published in the Financial Times about his work and invites to No.10… Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, today my guest on the podcast is Amy Waninger. Amy works with organizations that want to build diverse leadership pipelines. She is the author of Network Beyond Bias: Making Diversity a Competitive Advantage for Your Career and Network Like a CHAMP Networking Activity Journal. She is a Professional Member of National Speakers Association and a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner.Connect with AmyGet Amy's free e-book, 21 Insights for Inclusive Networking here:https://leadatanylevel.com/hye… Read more

Hey there Hell Yes Entrepreneurs. This week's solo episode is all about exploring how we can slow down, do less, and yet still get more done. Tune in to the episode to learn more.  ​ Subscribe to the HYL Podcast! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes or a number of other podcast apps. Please leave an honest rating and review. These are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated!

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, this week my guest on the podcast is author and podcaster Gregg Clunis. Gregg  is an entrepreneur and content creator. He is the host and author of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, a podcast, book, and community dedicated towards bridging the gap between the knowledge of what to do, and the act of doing it. To date, the Tiny Leaps podcast has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is streamed in over 150 countries around the world.… Read more

On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the theme of financial freedom. Is it possible to do work you love and feel passionate about AND make an abundant living? I won't pretend to have all the answers, but let's start the conversation about what's possible for us in 2019. ​ Subscribe to the HYL Podcast! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes or a number of other podcast apps. … Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I'm excited to bring you my first interview episode of the year. My first guest of 2019 is Jeffrey Davis. Jeffrey is the CEO & Creative Director of Tracking Wonder, a boutique consultancy that equips leaders, entrepreneurs, and organizations to have exponential impact by branding with integrity from the inside-out.Jeffrey is a regular contributor to Psychology Today, The Creativity Post, and Thrive Global, and is the author of several books, including the nonfiction book on creativity, The Journey from the Center to the Page.… Read more

Greetings and Happy New Year Hell Yes Entrepreneurs! Welcome to the first episode of the Hell Yes Entrepreneur podcast of 2019. In this episode, I catch you up to date about what's going on over here at Hell Yes Life, including plans and upcoming events and workshops in 2019. I also give you an update about a few things from my personal life, and share with you my New Year's Day adventure, doing the Polar Plunge! … Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is Shirin Behzadi. Shirin is the CEO of Home Franchise Concepts (HFC), one of the world’s largest franchise businesses. HFC’s three brands include Budget Blinds, Tailored Living and Concrete Craft. Under Shirin’s leadership, the company has seen a 71% increase in sales since 2015 and is on track to reach $700 million in systemwide sales in 2018.As an entrepreneur herself and mother of two, Shirin has dedicated her life to helping franchisees including “Momtrepreneurs,” enterprising Millennials, veterans and boomers, realize their financial and personal dreams.… Read more

Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the podcast is John Corcoran. John is one of the co-founders of Rise25, a company that helps conference organizers and software companies increase engagement, revenues, and referrals through VIP events. John is also the creator of Smart Business Revolution and the Smart Business Revolution podcast and he has written for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Lifehacker, The San Francisco Chronicle. He is also a former Clinton White House Writer and Speechwriter to the Governor of California.… Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, get ready to geek out on productivity tips, because today my guest on the Hell Yes Life podcast is Matthew Wilson, the founder of 3x5goals.com.Matthew has spent more than 10 years studying the principles behind effectively managing time, being productive and working toward the achievement of goals. He has tried a variety of different methods but found them complicated and overwhelming. One day he picked up a 3x5 card and decided that if it didn’t fit on there, it wasn’t important.… Read more

In this short solo episode, learn about my new exciting offering for Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, the Hell Yes 10, a 90-Day gamified, quest-based mastermind group for purpose-driven entrepreneurs that will help you expand your impact and win the biggest quest of your life.If you’ve got a major business quest you want to complete in 90 days, and you think you’ve got what it takes to be a member of the Hell Yes 10, then visit hellyes10.com… Read more

Hell Yes Entrepreneurs, I’m excited because today my guest is Matt Brauning. Matt is a best-selling author, speaker, seminar leader and a master trainer of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming).Matt was a self-made millionaire by the age of 25. He is the founder of Evolution Seminars and has spoken and taught all over the world on the subjects of Leadership, Communication, and Presentation Skills.He hosts The Purpose Driven Entrepreneur podcast, was mentored by Tony Robbins, and was filmed in the movie “The Journey” with Brian Tracy and Bob Proctor, and consults with fortune 100 companies on Leadership.… Read more

Hey there Hell Yes Lifers. On today’s solo episode of Hell Yes Life (the first of Season 3), I talk about why I’ve decided to focus the podcast on a specific target audience: Hell Yes Entrepreneurs.We’ll talk about what it means to be a Hell Yes Entrepreneur, some of the key characteristics, as well as some of the challenges we face as “HYEs”. I’ll also give you some examples of guests I’ve had on the show who fit the HYE profile (hint: just about all of them do).… Read more

Hey there Hell Yes Lifers, I’m excited to share with you my first interview episode of Season 3 of the Hell Yes Life podcast (now coming to you in both audio and video). My special guest is Chase Boehringer, founder of The Bucketlist Lifestyle. Chase is great guy who went from crippling depression to travelling the world and checking off the boxes of his own bucket list. He’s now a world traveler, world record holder, and he’s even appeared (and won) on the Price is Right!… Read more

This week, we talk about the concept of "Flow or No."​ Subscribe to HYL! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes or a number of other podcast apps.  Please leave an honest rating and review. These are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! ​   … Read more

This week, I talk about the power of giving and receiving No's.​ Subscribe to HYL! You can subscribe to the Hell Yes Life podcast on iTunes or a number of other podcast apps.  Please leave an honest rating and review. These are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! ​   … Read more

This week on the HYL podcast, we talk about the power of creative visioning, and I offer up a few examples. First, I tell you a bit about a vision board I recently completed and what it includes. (See the link to a video that shows you how to do it yourself below, and check out the image on the episode page to see my vision board.) I then talk a bit about a few examples of visioning I've seen out in the world over the past few weeks - one was at the Black Panther movie, a second has to do with Elon Musk's rocket launch a few weeks ago, and the third is related to something school shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez said in her speech last week.… Read more

Listen in as I break down how stories are screwing with your brain, manipulating your attention, and ruining your life. Oh, and by the way, they can save us too!

Today on the HYL Podcast, I'm chiming in, somewhat belatedly, on the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. As you may or may not be aware, this movie has sparked a lot of diverse opinions, with some people saying they thought it was the best Star Wars movie ever while others are saying this movie marks the death of the new trilogy and Star Wars in general.  As a life-long Star Wars fan, I couldn't resist adding my two cents to the pile, so take a listen to my thoughts about the movie, plus my recommendation about the one thing I think you should do if you hated The Last Jedi (or any other creative work for that matter).… Read more

In this episode, I talk about a topic that I have discovered (over the course of recording this episode) that I am passionate about, and that topic is...well, if you read the title of the episode, you know what the topic is: Crazymakers and how to set boundaries with them. In truth, we only start to touch on the actual boundary-setting piece, but I think this is a good primer on a topic I'll likely return to again in the future.… Read more

Today on the podcast I wax rhapsodic on the topic of finding one's voice...or more specifically, my voice. Why are we doing what we're doing? Is it to get more likes or followers? Or is it because it's what we really think or care about? Are we asking ourselves the dream-killing question "What will they think of me?" or are we asking: "What do I think of me? What do I want to do? What do I love?… Read more

On today's episode, I check in with an update about the family crisis I'm in the midst of that caused me to pause the podcast at the beginning of November. Over the course of this rather long, rambling episode, I also talk about some of the lessons I've learned so far from going through one of the most challenging times in my life.  Toward the end, I go over the parameters of this "Season 2" of the podcast (Short version: I'm in Minimum Viable Podcast mode, and the only rule is, there are no rules.)… Read more