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Hey everyone, my new show Never Stop Peaking: Motivation that Doesn't Suck is available on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, Spotify, and more! We are launching a Sweet Ass Kickstarter at : www.ragecreate.com Check out the new podcast: Website Link: www.heatharmstrong.com/podcast iTunes: www.heatharmstrong.com/itunes Stitcher: www.heatharmstrong.com/stitcher Spotify: www.heatharmstrong.com/spotify Google Play: www.heatharmstrong.com/googleplay     I'll see you over at the other feed :) 

The Paradise pack is here! www.heatharmstrong.com/paradise It's an INSANE set of tools to help you create your freedom lifestyle, travel the world, and make money from anywhere. If you sign up before May 30th at Midnight, you get access to the exclusive Mastering the Paradise Pack Workshop. This episode is about how I saved $15,000 to pay off all my debt in under 2 years. It's the exact GAME I used to do this. www.heatharmstrong.com/destroyyourdebt And, don't forget to enter to win a FREE YEAR OF HEADSPACE + 2 Free Sweet Ass Journals! It only takes a few seconds to enter. www.sweetassjournal.com/win Cheers!

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Welcome back! New sweet goodies at SweetAssJournal.com + HeathArmstrong.com/freeguide. Plus, an awesome Interview when I was on That Marketing Dude show about Amazon FBA and location independent lifestyle. Check back in later this week for info on The Sweet Ass Journal :) You can get the free audio guide to the Sweet Ass Journal at HeathArmstrong.com Sexy funk music from Bensound.com Check out PathHunters.com!

-The truth behind my transition from shit to sunshine -How to transition from shit to sunshine in your life  -How to double-stuff and face-f**k resistance gremlins with your arsenal of secret weapons -How to build your freedom empire

I wanted to share my story on The BHM Show (Big Healthy Me) w/ my friend Bryan Teare. He teaches personal optimization and health, and we dissected the success and battles throughout my path to creating freedom and health. Visit www.fistpumps.com for a chance to win a copy of my book where I dissect 100+ interviews with creative entrepreneurs and the habits that make them the happiest people in the world. Check out the BHM blog: http://bighealthyme.com/blog/

I am taking a hiatus from social media to solidify my dreams. This is how you can become one with your dreams as well. My book: On Happiness! How to Retire Your Job, Retire Your Mind, and Fist Pump to the Life You Love. www.fistpumps.com

It is no secret that I am a HUGE fanboy of Honoree Corder. And I should be, right? Her principles and strategies have allowed me to envision my future, set smart and measurable goals to work towards, and ultimately track and accomplish my those goals to bring my vision to reality. What I once thought was impossible is now REAL. I've put my notice in at my ‘career job.' I'm selling my house and moving to the beautiful Northwest. I'm starting my journey of a 24/7 location independent freedom lifestyle. It's surreal. I'm not any smarter than you, and I don't have any skills or talents that I didn't work my ass off to achieve. The point is, it's all attainable if you BELIEVE it is. Once you believe, it is just a matter of taking action on a consistent basis. Honoree Corder understands this because she started from the bottom JUST LIKE US. She doesn't have a college degree or divine superpowers (although I'd argue the second), but she has mastered the principals required to become the happiest, healthiest, and most prosperous writer possible. In this episode, we discuss these core principals and how they not only work for writers, but for everyone. We also discuss the topic of her newest book “Prosperity for Writers,” and how these principals can be used to create massive abundance in your career. Put your sarcasm hat on, cause Honoree is wildddddd. Highlights  10:30: Honoree talks about her reasons for writing the kind of books she writes. 15:00: How writing to an avatar can be an effective method in writing a book. 20:01: The fate of her first published book in 2004 sans title as it was a self-published and self- edited book and how the book had a rebirth with a competent editor. 22:15: How the right keywords propel sales to rocket highs. She shares what happened to one of her books as soon as the right keywords were found. That book was languishing around for 6 years until they got the category spot on. With the right keywords, that book sold out immediately. 27:23: The “starving artist” is not a rule. Honoree believes that knowing the right people, knowing your craft and knowing things can make a prosperous writer come out of any writer. 30:33: Her mindset about money and abundance when she was still in networking. One's checkbook balance is a good indicator of where one is in the scheme of things. However, Honoree totally believes that we have it in us to pause and assess where we are, what's important, then we can empower ourselves and change ourselves for success. 36:31: Honoree shares B.O.L.O. and how doing this can change anyone's life for the better. She also shares how B.O.L.O. can turn around one's perspective. She has another one – F.A.M.E. with F for Focus. Listen how she blends the idealistic affirmation with the practicality of focus. 46:23: Why the dirty first draft is not an issue. She advises to just get the words out. She promises that you will be amazed at the thoughts in that draft and the pride it brings to you in being productive. 49:50: Honoree's method for writing ideas. She has a logical and convincing approach to imparting ideas. 56:00: Honoree explains tithing as a spiritual practice that works on the principle of giving away something so it can comeback at least double or tenfold. Honoree talks about an incredible experience of how tithing worked for her and shares how “Miracle Morning” came to be because of tithing. Creative Influences The 8-minute Writing Habit by Monica Leonelle To help Godzilla create a successful writing business… Step 1: Decide what you want to give back, Godzilla. Advice from the show… Sometimes, only a juicy swear word will do. Write about what you know, and write like you are talking to a friend. Use what works for you, and discard the rest. Every single aspect of success starts with the mind first. Honoree's Links… Prosperity for Writers on Amazon Prosperity for Writers Journal on Amazon Honoree's Website Honoree's Twitter Honoree's LinkedIn    

Life is a massive journey of creation. We are all products of creation, and we are all living for creation. However, there is seldom a clear path that paints the way for our dreams, our happiness, and the meaning our existence. We all get lost. It is the root that allow us to create ourselves just as we please. After all, we cannot find ourselves unless we lose ourselves. Mike Brennan was absorbed in the magic of arts as a child, and he loved making others smile. By creating, he was able to bring out more smiles in those around him, and it brought him peace. He always had a vision and drive for working in the arts the rest of his life, but life takes unexpected twists that bring mass confusion. In this chat, Mike and I discuss the struggle and confusion of growing up as an artist, and all of the blindside magic that life throws at us. He also gets into his creative techniques and his campaign to create a new piece every single day. Highlights  09:29: Mike reminisces about his childhood and how his talent for drawing, already very much in evidence then, shaped his decision to seriously pursue art – much to the initial dismay of his Dad. 18:30: About how the book “The Creative License” gave him a different perspective of his art and how it had spurned him to a different level of creativity. 20:21: About the start of Mike's social drawings with line art through an iPhone app and how he had used this momentum to keep on going with other art projects. 24:00: How it feels doing live paintings during a concert when all eyes are on him. 27:30: How it is to be a graphic designer and surviving the nitty gritty details of living.  The constant conflict between being true to his art and the practical concerns of career questions. 32:54: About how knowing yourself and investing time to get to know yourself can help with goals and tracking progress. 36:30: Shares how small goals can be important in the battle to be on track, how he keeps 5 small things to be tagged as “Done” on his whiteboard on a weekly basis and also to remember to celebrate the ticking off of each of these little milestones. 41:20: Shares his definition of success and how it is achieved by staying on course no matter how difficult. 45:01: Talks about how it is to lose a passion and a dream and how his faith showed him another path. Certainly, it was not graphic design nor art but God's design because suddenly Mike finds himself in full-time ministry work and loving it. Listen as he talks about how he started a church. 51:18: Listen as Mike shares how it was for him to go back to the design world after ten years of doing ministry work. The crazy polarity of these two interests was just too much in one resume. Amazingly, all turned out for the best and now Mike is the graphic designer of a church! Mike attributes this astonishing twist of fate as the hand of God in his life. 56:10: Mike shares his thoughts about how to put the true value on a piece of work that is also almost a piece of himself. Creative Influences Danny Gregory – author of “The Creative License” One hour to create something, with anyone… “My immediate go-to would be Van Gogh. His passion… and his creating from heart. I would love to be a fly on the wall. The opportunity to collaborate would be like – tremendous. I would not even know how that would look, but it would be something incredible. To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I will do a painting for the wanted poster of Godzilla. Then I will make Godzilla watch the last two Godzilla movies that were made and he would probably just pack it in himself.” Advice from the show… It has been part of my journey to embrace, ‘You know what? I am a mess and I love it! There is no such thing as an overnight success. Would you do what you love to do, even if no other person gets to know about it?  Mike's Links… Mike's Twitter Mike's Website Mike's Instagram

Colin Gray is full BEAST MODE when it comes to podcasting. He has been deeply involved in it since the mid-2000's, and he's a huge influence and resource for how I started this podcast. Colin is superior at creating valuable content with ZERO fluff, and he is a humble and sincere teacher for anyone looking to start or grow a podcast as a hobby or career. He's one of the few who have figured out how to make money from podcasting, and he does an incredible job teaching others how to reach this point and sustain it. He's the founder of ThePodcastHost.com and the PodCraft Podcast, where he covers a wide variety of valuable topics ranging from selecting podcast equipment to building a website for podcasting. In this episode, we talk the ropes of podcasting 101 for beginners, the power of creating your podcast and the effect it can have on your life, and tips, tricks, and resources from the mastermind Colin himself. Word!   Highlights  06:20 : A brief background on how Colin took his educational and technical background to teach web design and development in a university then moving from that to podcasting, 10:49 : How podcasts can be beneficial to people's lives and Colin's very helpful strategies in setting up and maintaining a podcast, 15:52 : A run-through in the process of how to start a podcast for beginners, 22:20 : Colin shares his key points during his talk in Manchester about breaking the rules of podcasting, 29:34 : About hosting in different feeds and his best practices in managing multiple podcasts, 33:19 : His tips and approach for someone who doesn't have the knowledge of recording software, and 38:21 : Colin's advice for podcasters to grow their audience.   To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “Being a podcast and audio producer, I am surrounded by a thousand meters of cable in my office, so I'd make some sort of net made out of those able, catch him and trap him down.” Advice from the show… People claim sometimes that all you need to do is have passion, but that's not true in this case. The approach that I always teach is strategy. It's making plans. It's sitting down before you set up your podcast and working out what you want to go over. Podcasting is difficult. It takes time to create, it takes time to build the audience that you need to be able to make a living out of it or even just to get the reward that you want to get- even if it's not profit. At the start, keep it as simple as possible. The key is, at the very start, you want it easy so that you will get your content out there every single week. I often tell people to do the 10-episode plan because you will get little feedback in those first 5-10 episodes. By the end of that 10, keep asking for feedback and you will start getting it. This is what will push you forward towards your 100th episode. Colin's Links… Podcraft Podcast Courses Article archive: Podcast Planning Category. You can get other categories in the right hand column from here. Colin's interview with Harry Duran in Podcast Junkies Colin Gray: Breaking the Mould Event in Manchester Colin's Suggested Headset: Sennheiser PC8 Suggested editing softwares: GarageBand for Mac and Audacity

What does simple feel like? The expression is light, and it seems uncomplicated, but there is no doubt that the heaviest barricades in the world litter it's path. Heavy situations. Heavy thoughts. Heavy emotions. Heavy worries. Heavy fights. Heavy stress. Heavy distractions. Heavy minds. Heavy hearts. Heavy lives. I do believe we can simply live and co-exist with heavy things, but this is not the goal. To overcome the weight of distractions, and to truly feel light and free, you cannot just simply live. You must live simply and be simply YOU. I sit with a sense of determination and reason. I'm aiming for the ultimate high through a portal of floor level attachments in a house that once hosted many great walls of distress and madness. I'm glad I've cleared my dwelling. I'm in love with the new order. I have learned so much. To ground yourself, you must truly disconnect from materials and situations that are idolized by the masses. Possessions are not trophies or dreams. What if you could cherish your productivity, focus, and mindset and function from the core elements of natural life? Hidden deep beneath your puddles of conscious and subconscious lust, jealousy, envy, and procrastination, you will find a stream that guides you to an ocean of clarity, awareness and meaning. It's pure. Take a moment to place your hand over your heart. Focus on your beautiful breath. Love with all of your ability. Love from your head to your toes, from the sky to the core of the earth. Notice every space. Notice the magic required for your precious mind and body to dance together in harmony. In this moment, try to reflect on the sheer idea and principle of your life in existence. Try to comprehend your place in this miracle. I don't think there is a word or adjective that can describe how lucky we are to be here. Maybe you feel alone, or maybe you feel within something much greater than yourself. I have no doubt you are not alone. I am here. You and me. You have a force inside of you capable of shifting the energy of the entire world. You have a voice inside of you loaded with confidence, security, and precision- all weapons of ongoing creation. This voice is OF you. It's your pure voice. It's simple. It's direct. It's on a mission to smile. It's a transition from ‘God Money I'll do anything for you' to a symphony of creation, love, and meaning. It's a treasure map to bring your vision to reality. It's a golden ticket to the land of understanding. It's YOU, through and through. When you were born, you were pure and 100% unique. But, like anything else, your shell was destroyed by normality and ‘reality.' As an infant, life is as you choose to perceive it, but you eventually grow into the power of your influences and surroundings. You become them, and they become you. They are more developed. They have the advantage. You begin to dress in the luggage of others. The awareness that was once your choice is now stapled to your forehead by textbooks, organized religions, breaking news, and forceful education. Your position and situation in the world begins to just “happen” as allowed and you become the product of everyone else. Heavy things fall down on you, and you absorb and accept them. You become a function of them. Very rarely is this a simple, happy product. Some people play dress-up forever, but you don't have to. You know those times when your mind is conversing like two separate beings? Yes, it really is. Your muse and your heart never stop fighting for you, and these conversations are their way of winning your attention. When your inner voice presents questions, possibilities, and visions, you need to pay attention to these alarms. They are the purest form of you. No dress up. No fear. The guidance will help you break through the shell of clutter, distraction, and “reason” and lead you to a path of absolute happiness and meaning. Imagine a simple life of pure, unfiltered love. Why is it that society teaches us to label a stress-free life of happiness, true love, contentment, and clarity as unrealistic… ..or as dreams ..or as wishes ..or as impossible ..or as fairytales? We were all born with the purest right to happiness, and they want us to think we are crazy for believing in it. They want us to believe we are crazy for loving, smiling, and maximizing the beauty and miracle of life. I'm here to tell you that you are not crazy. WE are not crazy. When you are simple, you are magical. You are magnificent. You are sumptuous. You are beautiful. You are brilliant. Your vision is triumphant when all others are blind. All of those dreams, wishes, and fairytales are real, and if you follow and believe in them, the key to happiness is yours. They represent you and the magic of creation in it's purest and SIMPLEST form. The seed of life. It is your birthright. It is your superpower. You never lost it- it has just been covered by those heavy things. So- break through the chains of your influences and distractions, and utilize your ability to live simply and be simply you. You are now focused, precise, and meaningful. You are the purest form of you – the miracle you were presented to this world as. It's never too late to utilize the magic of your birth. Be simple. Be you. Love simple. Love you. ————————————– Share this with someone in need. Let them know you care and that they aren't so crazy after all. I'd love to hear thoughts in the comments section below. I'll take them all to my heart, and I'll reply with gratitude. -Heath

Being happy is the only thing that matters in life. REAL happiness. / / You can make changes RIGHT NOW in your routine to work towards becoming the happiest version of yourself. / / In this 2-part episode, I uncover all of my practices and techniques for creating and sustaining happiness. / / Morning Routines / Mindfulness / Win Lists / Vision Boards / Minimalism / Family/Friends / Habits / Fitness/ Diet / Fear & Gratitude / Alter Egos / Creative Hobbies / & more. / / www.artsynow.com

Being happy is the only thing that matters in life. REAL happiness. / / You can make changes RIGHT NOW in your routine to work towards becoming the happiest version of yourself. / / In this 2-part episode, I uncover all of my practices and techniques for creating and sustaining happiness. / / Morning Routines / Mindfulness / Win Lists / Vision Boards / Minimalism / Family/Friends / Habits / Fitness/ Diet / Fear & Gratitude / Alter Egos / Creative Hobbies / & more. / / www.artsynow.com /

(www.artsynow.com/112 for shownotes) For the last couple years, your smart phone has been eating your brain. It has been your best friend, your library, your GPS, and a medium for blasting music, face-timing, or even hardcore stalking your friends. We are ALL guilty of allowing our faces and brains to be devoured by our phones. Sometimes, we sit without thinking, constantly refreshing feeds over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. It's okay. It's not your fault. The phones are designed to be addicting. The designs are working. In a way, we've lost the familiarity with what it truly feels like to be alive and connected to this incredible, beautiful Earth. “Mental minimalism gives you that space to get rid of everything else that is causing unnecessary stress, distraction and lack of focus and lets you do what it is you love.” – Jorge Selva As a child, Jorge was obsessed with the rocks, formations, and the natural Earth, and it eventually led to a passionate degree in Geology.  One day, he caught himself in the middle of a chronic brain-frying refresh session, and he realized that his smart phone was depleting his focus and relationship with nature. Longing for a larger sense of aliveness, Jorge decided to test his strength away from the smart phone. It felt good. Really really really really really good. It felt so good that he decided to dedicate his future to helping others rediscover what it's like to feel alive, focused, less distracted, and more aware. Jorge is the co-founder of Minium, the creators of the world's first modern minimalist phone. The phone is designed to maximize focus on areas that matter the most, allowing more time for real-world interaction, aliveness, and extreme clarity. In this episode, learn about Minium & the process of creating the phone, and the underlying magic of minimalism.  Highlights  05:47 : How Jorge and I got connected through a Twitter advertising, 08:35 : A rundown on his personal experiences from being born in Nicaragua, to moving to the mid-West, realizing his passion for the outdoors through Geology, how it dawned on him that he was addicted to iPhone and finally moving into a stress-free life by coming up with a minimalistic phone, 18:06 : Why he thinks less can be so much more, 20:30 : The research they have done to gauge the state that we are in in terms of entertaining distractions, 25:45 : The process of creating their phone and how they put their ideas out, 28:26 : The Minium phone's core features and how they trimmed down to these main items, 34:47 : How their project aims to develop mindfulness and meditation and 45:39 : Timelines from prototype to launch. To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I will run around and find quicksand or some unstable rock ledge where he will fall while trying to grab me.” Advice from the show… “Mental minimalism gives you that space to get rid of everything else that is causing unnecessary stress, distraction and lack of focus and lets you do what it is you love.” “There are a lot of feelings of discontent for a device that should be helpful.” “Technology is amazing, and we are not saying that people should entirely disconnect, we are just finding ground where we have felt we are more productive, creative, happy and able to experience connections more deeply.” “Phones should not be as distracting as they are.” “Technology, if made in a more mindful way, can have a more positive effect in our lives.” Jorge's Links… Minium Website (sign up to be a beta tester) Jorge's Email (give Jorge your thoughts on the minimalist phone)

The transparency behind me and how I'm creating the life I love.

Molly Knight Forde's blog post on The Ole Time Religion. :)

Everyone longs for more inspiration, motivation, passion, and ultimate meaning in life. It's an incredibly hard journey, but when we link arms and unite behind an army of positivity, our dreams start to become real life. Valerie Groth is one of those gems who leads the rebellion against resistance, inconfidence, procrastination, and negativity. She understands the sacrifices and uncomfortable transitions that must be made when creating a life of meaningful happiness, and she is dedicating her life to helping others reach their mindful and physical peaks. Valerie is the founder and host of The Inspiration w/ Val Podcast, a motivational and inspirational speaker and coach, and the founder of The Ryan Banks Academy which was funded and supported by the World Domination Summit earlier this year. In this episode, Valerie and I dive into the meaning of creating YOUR journey, and the core values necessary to bring them to reality. We talk about inspiration, motivation, mindset, and Valerie's take on kickstarting a transition from lost and confused to meaningful. We also talk about her passion and drive to change the world with the Ryan Banks Academy, and the process of living larger than ourselves. Valerie's words and wisdom are taught from ground-level experience, and I'm ecstatic to introduce her to all of you dreamers. Please share this with someone you really love and care about. Creative Influences  29 Gifts – How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life To defeat Godzilla with her talents… “I live in downtown Chicago, so I will try to get him lost in the midst of the high rises to throw him off my case. Or, maybe I can sit down with him and talk to him about why he feels the need to be destructive and how we can focus on the positive.” Advice… Doing realistic things are great for your sense of self-confidence and self-worth, but when you do things which seem totally outside of the box, outside of your comfort zone… and those which seem impossible, that's when you truly have those huge shifts of perception. For those kids, things seem hopeless. It's like the ‘growth versus fixed mindset' piece..if that's all you know and people keep telling you that you're worthless, it's really difficult to break that. It is easy to think that you are not the best out there, but there's always going to be people who will be a few steps behind you who you can teach, coach, and help. We've all done things for the wrong reasons, and a lot of that is because we don't quite understand our core values and are not very introspective to know who we really are. You can't see the label of the jar you are in. Val's Interview Links & Resources Website Email Facebook Twitter Instagram Highlights  06:37 : How it felt getting the grant and recognition for the Ryan Banks Academy after taking a leap of faith to do the things that seemed impossible. 10:23 : The Ryan Banks Academy backstory and Valerie's motivation in building the academy up. 14:14 : Sharing her glimpse of the life of the kids at the other end of the spectrum and her passion to change the pattern of this fixed mindset. 16:00 : From being a kid wrapped up in shallow things to being a teacher who changes lives, Valerie shares how the change happen in her life, where her calling came from and the immense satisfaction she finds in helping people. 18:29 : The mindset that she applies to be able to be a good coach for others and her advice to those who still do not have the confidence to move forward and become one. 22:19 : The exercises and process she employs in coaching people to change their mindset. 26:05 : The importance of coaches having coaches. 27:23 : Habits that Valerie finds valuable including meditation. 32:24 : Activities she recommends to de-stress such as taking care of your health, showing gratitude and writing down an optimal list of the things you can do.

What is the rush? Why is EVERYONE constantly freaking out? Why are YOU freaking out? Are you going to allow these high-stress situations to play a role in the rest of your life? Is completely losing your cool in an overwhelming rush of anxiety and sweat going to make all of your problems and situations better? If you pause and think about it, what is the reason for burning your energy and bowing down to a worse-case-scenario mindset? You wouldn't let a distracting stranger on the street come set his fat ball-sack on your chin, so why do you allow the stress gremlins to party all over your pretty face? What is SO AWFUL that you must yell and frown at, criticise, and curse everything around you? I do it too. We all do. Why should everything have to suffer because we aren't strong enough to judge a situation for the beauty inside? There is a lesson in everything. Situations don't have to end with nuts on your chin. We don't have to judge from a negative scale. One breath is powerful enough to birth a pause in any amount of madness, and these pauses are the building blocks of the Savior we know as Awareness. When you are aware, you are in a position to think, react, and make decisions that root the artillery necessary to destroy the “world-is-ending” mentality. Your awareness is the catalyst for the inner belief that you CAN become and accomplish so much more in this beautifully composed masterpiece called life. In reality, the world is NOT ending – species are. The world is only fighting to rid of parasites that threaten the beauty of her existence. She is fighting the soldiers of negativity like a cancer. Only us that are aware will understand this movement, and it is the awareness that will position us to unite and truly discover what it means to be free. We can fight for every moment and bring back the purity and teachings of all situations. We can grow from these teachings. We can conquer every moment and eliminate stress. YOU can conquer every moment and eliminate stress. So whoever you are, and wherever you are, be fully aware. BE ALL IN, ALL THE TIME. Dedicate your energy beyond measure to your awareness and the return will be infinite. Be confident there is light in all situations and that you own the upper hand to whatever stress, pain, or discomfort you may be feeling. You have the power to decide and control the state-of-mind you live in. The situation is ALWAYS yours. When you are dedicated to yourself and your awareness, the fight for happiness will flow in waves to all those around you, and they will add their magic to the dance. They will be aware and powerful beyond reason, and they will pass the cup too. We all need the water. It symbolizes humanity in unity and peace for each moment. Our moments. Your awareness in each breath is a drastic force in the quest for harmony. It is much bigger than you. When you understand awareness, you have the tools to be free. When you use these tools, you are free. Be all in, all the time, or the nuts will dominate your chin.

  GK dreamed of being a Voice-Over actress when she was young, but like most of us- she didn't really think it was possible. She fist-pumped through school with the thought of becoming a doctor, studying micro-biology and molecular genetics. However, her creative itch for voice-overs never left, and she made a decision that most of us never believe we can make. Screw the traditional career. Follow your dreams. In this interview, you will learn how GK framed her mind to step away from the “safe” plan and attack her passion. We also get into methods and resources for starting a career in voice-overs.  GK is well known for using her magical voice to bring characters to life, including roles in  Happily N'Ever After 2 (2009), Resident Evil 5(2009)  Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Toothed Cave (2014). and Bleach, Memories of Nobody.     She's also worked with a massive amount of entertainment, food and beverage, and retail clients including Fox, Sesame Street, Warner Brothers, HBO, McDonalds, Subway, Nike and Walmart.     Prepare yourself. To defeat Godzilla with her talents… “I will use my most soothing Disney mom voice and lull him to sleep.” Advice… People are willing to help if you will just tell them what you want to do. Constant rejection wearies the soul. Interview Links & Resources Voices.com – Audition for voice-overs. Voices123.com – Audition for voice-overs. Voicebank.net – Listen to other voice-overs and study them to increase your skillsets / Audition for voice-overs. GK's Instagram IMBD GK's Website GK's Super-Fabulous Twitter GK's Linkedin  Highlights  9:57: G.K. shares how she transitioned from Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics to voice over. Voice over was a dream since she was 5. Luck was with her because living in L.A. made it so much easier for her to break into this field and people were willing to help just as soon as she tells them what she wants to do. She was a novelty in a place where everyone wanted to appear in movies while she only wanted her voice heard. 15:15: G.K. candidly shares how much she gets paid for her scream in a commercial and how, sometimes, it is such a stab in the heart to learn how much a celebrity earns for a similar job. Going legit in this business for her is all about going to auditions and having jobs lined up regularly. She also shares how having an agent really helps her get a steady stream of work. 20:05: G.K. has been doing voice overs for 11 years now and she shares how it was in the beginning when she had to tell her family she is giving voice over her best shot. She also reminisces on how it was then to be in this very competitive career, auditioning and getting rejected. She goes on to share how staying upbeat was a constant challenge when faced with one rejection slip after another. 24:27: G.K. shares the one simple but effective tactic she keeps that helps with her success: being amazed by the simplicity of how “being nice” to people can bring positivism in your life. G.K. has an amazing appreciation and awareness of her blessings that simply bring more good stuff in her life. 29:00: Validation is something we all look for and G.K. is no different. She talks about how it was to carve a career before the watchful eyes of parents who just did not get it and then how one day, they finally saw it her way and realized shedid have a career! 34:29: G.K. has a home studio now but in the early days she made the rounds of studios and does the recordings over those places. G.K. shares her tips for anyone looking to get into voice over as well as useful websites to constantly work on the craft.  

There is a struggle much bigger than this pen. There is a struggle that lingers like the tide of an ocean under the dark spell of a creative hurricane. It reminds me of my mortality, existence, and progress. This struggle connects all cries and frowns from myself and others alike, and it cooks them up to serve to others with a steamy side of bullshit. The struggle is not sincere, nor does it care who I am or where I'm going. It doesn't care about you either. It operates to dismantle the world from discovering the good energies of happiness that birth and flourish within the fruits of life. It operates to burn all bridges that we create, in arms, to support the cross-over into a life of contentment and meaning. (The life you dream about.) When these bridges are obsolete, and we fall out of unity with one another, the struggle takes control of the current situation. However, it can NEVER be in control of our future situations. Thoughts and actions stapled to the back of negativity within the struggle produce an illusion that leads us to believe we are comfortable in the situation. Do you procrastinate? Illusion. How many times have you made an excuse to get out of doing something you fear may be difficult? Instead, you take the easy way out and do the bare minimum or nothing at all. The result: 99.9% of us live our entire lives within this illusion. (I made the number up, but it has to be close.) But why? Life is about overcoming fears and obstacles and improving our minds, bodies, and souls every day. If it wasn't, we'd all still be wearing diapers and shitting everywhere, waiting for Grandma to come wipe our asses because it's easy. The secret is only the “thought” of negativity is real. It only exists because we allow it to. It is true that there will always be the cancerous “thought” of negativity ready to quadruple-stuff our asses in an attempt to destroy the positivity and world-changing efforts of our linking arms. You can look at it two ways. 1. For every negative, there is a positive.2. For every positive, there is a negative. You can choose to see the beauty in negativity, or you can choose to see the negativity in beauty. When it comes thinking, you have a definite choice. We learn how to develop to the next level of happiness off the back of current situations that may involve a taste of negativity. However, it's our ability to see the beauty in the negativity that makes all the difference. Some people think life is a constant cycle of failures in an attempt to find success. Great people know life is a constant cycle of success founded within the trenches of failure. Some people think they aren't capable of success because they never welcome the thought. Great people own the thought, and they shape the world with heart, passion, patience, and love. You will be as great and successful as you believe you are, and it's pretty awesome to find success in everything. It's easy. It's so much easier than having Grandma wipe the shit off your ass. Look- it's unbelievable the miracle that we are even here right now, and our time is a guaranteed limitation. You will make choices the rest of your life before, during, and after every interaction, conversation, and situation. To be happy, you must love the choices you make, and believe in them. You must see the gold in every bad lemon. You must laugh hysterically when negative thoughts and interactions have handicapped your hours, days, or even weeks because it's truly magical that you have the ability to be present in the situation to begin with. The negative thoughts will always check in and out, but it is your beliefs that will occupy the throne. I often hear the quote: “Things can always be better, and things can always be worse.” I don't think so. If you train your mind to cherish every breath, moment and struggle that you encounter, things can never be better, and things can always be worse. If you live in a mindset where things can never be better, and things can always be worse, you will never struggle again. That, my friend, is true happiness. This life is true love. We shall take on the world together. 

Having a solid supporting cast is always important, and the people you surround yourself with can be a major key to your development and success. From the fundamental lessons of our childhoods to top tier business professionals, those who influence us help dictate the direction we are heading in life. Minal Mehta and Shahil Petal of  have diagnosed the importance of teamwork and used the principles to turn their creative passion into a fist-pump worthy business, BollyX. Minal and Shahil met as undergrads at Berkeley and are both award winning choreographers.  They built their business around their love for dance and exercise, and even made it to the semi-finals on America's Got Talent. Minal went to Harvard Business School and worked at Amazon prior to founding BollyX, while Shahil actually dropped out of his MBA program at MIT to join Minal on founding the project. They now have over 300 instructors and trainees spreading the BollyX love all over the country. You can check out their website to find a class near you! This episode is deep in the process and mindset of believing in yourself and working with like-minded dreamers. We get into the motivation and tactics behind designing a team that will allow you to turn your passion into a business.   The road is never easy, but Minal and Shahil are certainly helping us skip a few grades with their experiences.  To defeat Godzilla with their talents… Minal: “I would rally the powers of teamwork and build an army. We would go out there and conquer this beast together.” Shihal: “With BollyX-ing. We will get Godzilla to dance BollyX with us.” Advice… A great success is basically a bunch of small, unglamorous tasks that you do everyday. Passion can only get you so far. Surround yourself with people who lift you and encourage you. Every failure is one step nearer to the big win. Interview Links BollyX'sWebsite BollyX's Twitter BollyX's Instagram Shahil's LinkedIn Minal: Twitter Biopage in Bollyx Website Media: Team Aao Na from UC Berkeley's Hindi Film Dance Competition (2005) Shahil: LinkedIn Media: Performing Slumdog Millionaire's “Jai Ho” on NBC's America's Got Talent Ishaara on America's Got Talent

The Magic of Moments Sometimes, sometimes is hard. Sometimes we are present in the moment, but then the moment passes. Are we still connecting to it? Are we feeding off of it? Are we still using the roots of our past for the next big triumph? Moments are built off experiences in the present state of consciousness. Creativity has the power to bloom the most beautiful moments in our lives, but creativity is also the product of a moment. Nevertheless, we get lost in these moments because they are brief tastes of comfort. We feel security in the present state of affairs because it makes us feel good. It slaughters all extensions of pain. Then, we lust for more. More simplicity. More love. More comfort. More peace of mind. The moment passes. Is time an almighty force beyond our control, or can we use mindfulness and gratitude to secure a moment forever? Maybe there is magic in the interconnectedness of the transitions we make in and out of these precious moments. After all, isn't life just a monstrous web of moments all working towards a common destination…or should I say… power? Maybe that common power is a miracle- the product of all moments that we, together, create and share. Pay attention to, love, and mature within your moments, because they will set you free. To you, what does it mean to be free? At what milestone are you inclined to remove the trap from the top of your brain and the center of your heart? In our physical state of being, we cannot move backward into a situation of real-time. However, we constantly allow our minds to backtrack and recess at the first hint of stress, rejection, and the possibility of failure. The scary part isn't failing, it's succeeding among our wildest dreams. In our moments of failure, we reason with comfort and security. We recognize the outcome when something doesn't work, and deep down we are wired to accept it. We ignore it because it's easy. Why are we so willing to strip down to our bare asses and sled down the mountain that we just spent massive amounts of energy, time, and enthusiasm building? In the moment, why is it so easy to quit? The answer doesn't lie deep in the secrets of humanity, only bearing its head to a lucky blind man on rare occasions. The answer is a mindfuck, wired deep into our DNA, designed as a sense of comfort and security for survival. We had to feel fear to develop and survive as a species. I get that. But we also had to be fearless to be the successors over those who weren't. As soon as we tap into the super intelligence that creates the magic of our reality and existence- the mind, the body, and the connectivity of our neurological system and the earth itself- we discover that our entire existence is the creation of all powers and matters surrounding us. We are a deep ocean of freedom and success with endless outcomes and possibilities. Each one of our experiences interacts with, relates, and ultimately produces energy that binds all of life AS WE KNOW IT. We make the decision to filter any given situation as we see fit to our liking or disliking. We know it as we choose to know it. We love it more than anything, and we hate it more than everything. How you choose to engage and react at any moment will dictate the outcome of your actions. You have all the magic and power in the world wired inside of you, ready to paint all of your moments with freedom. You don't have to climb a mountain to find the promise land; you just have to decide when you'll find it. Take this moment, and make it yours.

Sometimes we seek answers from others, and they just aren't there. But, it's not that the answers aren't available. Those we seek answers from are blind with doubt, resistance, and uncertainty about what may happen if a certain answer is given. I want you to know that you do not need permission from others to create your dreams. You do not need permission from others to lend support to others who are creating their dreams. There will always be a discomfort in walking towards the opposite direction of those you love, especially in a situation that has been the setting of your entire life. But.. Things are always uncomfortable before they are comfortable. Everything you have ever dreamed of is sleeping on the other side of your comfort zone. The brilliance that sits on the magic shelf of your creativity will become youin your quest to transition into the person you most desire. They will always doubt you. They will always think you are crazy. They will always think your decision is childish, immature, sporadic, risky, and ultimately wrong. Even if they are your closest family or your best friends, the support is often on the opposite side of the possibility canvas. Sometimes it's because they are scared of the unknown. Sometimes it's because they are jealous of your drive to break tradition and taste the true meaning of life. And sometimes they resent it simply because they LOVE you, and they MISS you, and they want the very best for you whether they know what it is or not. And this is all okay. Because when you take that step and break away from the norm- when you defy resistance, fear, and the force against your transitions, you are creating motion to heal yourself. You are cutting the chains of restriction in a common life and creating a path that was not available before. You are birthing new ideas, energy, creativity, and life that was not in existence until the moment you took action. The sum of this process creates and shapes new opportunities that supply and plenish your precious mind with a type of happiness that is rarely discovered by most. This level of happiness sets the stage for significant changes in the world, all of which are the result of you choosing to follow your heart when they told you not to. I want you to know that you are not alone. I want you to feel the love, support, and strength of us around you who are also pushing the envelope. You will realize that everyone else, or ‘they,' … they will start to notice the changes that surround you. They will start to wonder why you haven't broken. They will start to be intrigued by your magical movement and your ability to create a life carved and protected by this rare form of happiness. And next… They will start to wonder if it's real. They will start to wonder if it's possible to happen to others. They will feel your strength, and smiles, and infinite love for life, and they will start to wonder if it's possible in their life. They will ask questions, and they will wrestle with doubt. The fear will hit them like a brick wall on crack. But, they will want it more than ever for themselves. They will start to love the idea of this free life, and they will crave it. Soon enough, they will be faced with a decision to either separate from the common shell of tradition and fight for the life they love, or once again fall to the feet of the resistance gremlins and drown in a life of falsely perceived ease, comfort, and what is considered the norm. It is those of you who make the decision to create the life you love that will carry the torch that ignites the world to seek healing. Your decision is the secret to discovering the essence of happiness and the meaning of what life can be like when you embrace the heart and live on your own terms. Your decision is a catalyst for those behind you who will also change the world. All of us have been on both sides of the wobble, and there is only one way to shift your position. Believe in your heart. Believe in your dreams. Believe that this is much bigger than yourself. Believe in more. When you realize you are more, so does everyone else. And now you are loved more than ever.

Every once in a while I have a conversation with someone, and I can tell their brain is functioning in the future. Tlacael Esparza is one of those dudes who thinks and acts upon the next generation of creative forces. He is the co-founder of Sunhouse and the future of drumming technology ‘Sensory Percussion' – a modern take on electronic drums that captures the true expressive nature of drumming. –> Check out the Kickstarter campaign HERE (it's badass) 

The definition of ‘digital nomad' is: “Digital nomads are individuals who leverage telecommunications technologies to perform their work duties, and more generally conduct their lifestyle in a nomadic manner.” Fabian Dittrich had a passion for travel and everyday excitement, but he was trapped within a job that wouldn't allow the lifestyle he longed for. So guess what Fabian did? He crushed his resistance and abandoned his ‘job' to adventure around the world- seeking others currently living and creating on their own terms. Fabian is involved in many badass projects, but he is most known for creating the world's first NOMAD COMPANY, traveling in a defender throughout South America and documenting his quest for world domination on StartupDiaries.org. His defender is known as the ‘rolling office' where he cruises around magical lands all over the world, interviewing others who are living and creating the exact lifestyle of their dreams- no strings attached. If you want a swift kick to the ass to get you motivated to fight for your dreams, this episode is definitely for you. Creative Influences Howard Marks Advice… Why do we humans, lock ourselves in cages, at our desks, while no other species is doing it? It is awesome to push the boundaries of what work means. There are thousands of possibilities.

Creativity helps maximize your health, AND health helps maximize your creativity. In a nutshell, the process of creating is good for you, and it's a topic that should be taken seriously by all of us, not just the ‘creatives.' Now – If I had a crush on a dude (and I do), it would be on none other than Shawn ‘The Batman' Stevenson. Why? He speaks like a super-hero. His abs were used to mold the Batsuit for the last 75 years. He saves lives with his podcast (The Model Health Show) and constant teachings, and not just in Gotham. In all seriousness, Shawn Stevenson is changing the world. He was overweight and unhealthy when diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in his back, and he took the weight upon himself to defy the odds the doctors gave him.   Degenerative Disc Disease is commonly referred to as ‘unfixable' by most Doctors, but Shawn doubted the system. He put all of his effort and faith into researching and dissecting his problems. Not only was he able to reverse his disease, but he also built the foundation for a life of meaning that would evolve into helping others become the happiest and healthiest version of themselves. From mental health and psychology to physical fitness and nutrition, Shawn has dedicated his life to creating and delivering the absolute best health information available in the world. He also makes the health information simple, clear, and easy-to-understand for EVERYONE. I'm not dropping mad compliments because he makes me feel like a fangirl (and he does), but my life has seriously changed since I discovered his podcast. I have been able to apply his methods and teachings to every possible aspect of my life, and I'm the absolute best version of myself because of it. Health and fitness can be a long, continuous battle, but Shawn has created a way for everyone to look, feel, and function at their highest levels. I'm batman-pumped to release this episode where Shawn and I tackle the benefits of combining health and creativity. To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I have to try and find out what he wants. Everything on the planet wants to be happy. I'll try to find out what Godzilla is looking for. Maybe he is looking for a Godzillaette. Maybe we gotta find a giant lizard that he can get it on with!” Advice… You've got to use what you have to get what you want. The mind is different from the brain. You have to be creative to survive! It's a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. -Einstein Interview Links Shawn's Website Shawn's Twitter Shawn's Instagram Shawn's Facebook Shawn's IOS Podcast

Sometimes the biggest distraction preventing us from a true life of living on our own terms is the idea that money can get us there alone.

A few months ago, Steve Grand was introduced to me by my cousin Derek Warren who suggested that I have Steve on the show. After diving into Steve's background and his massive influence on millions of people embracing their sexuality, I was mesmerized by Steve's focus, drive, and dedication to helping others create the life they truly love. Naturally, my head exploded when I found out he had one of the top three most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time, raising over $300k to support the production of his album. My cousin Derek is a phenomenal writer and a long time fan of Steve and everything he stands for. You should check his blog out here where he writes about his experience living with Asperger's. Derek is also openly gay and proud, and I thought it would be awesome (and a honor) to have him write the introduction and post for Steve's show-notes.  He is a much better writer than me! woot woot. Subscribe or listen to the episode on itunes here. Show-notes by Derek Warren Steve Grand is an independent singer/songwriter from the Chicago suburb of Lemont, Illinois. I have seen him perform twice, both times were in the city of Pittsburgh. I instantly knew that he has tremendous potential in the music world. I knew it from when he greeted the crowd, to when he took the final bow. His passion for music began at the ripe age of 4. Below, he describes his memory of riding in the car with his father, listening to some of his favorite bands. “Listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, he saw how a song could transport someone through time and space to a moment in the past. He could tell you what shirt he was wearing, the name of the girl he was dating, and what the weather was like,” he says of his dad's musical reminiscences. “That's what first sparked my interest in songwriting. It was the first time I encountered music's unique ability to provide a temporary escape from reality.” When he was four or five, he saw Schroeder, Charlie Brown's piano playing friend tickling the ivories, and became obsessed. He wanted a piano so badly, that he made them, dozens of models of them, out of campaign posters, crayon, tape and glue, most of them bigger than the tiny, future musician. “I thought it was so cool to be able to make sounds and play a song just using your fingers,” says Steve. His parents got the hint and bought him an old, beat-up, upright piano. After a lifetime of piano lessons, Steve became an accomplished singer and songwriter, playing in school bands, and later, performing in churches and jamming at jazz venues around town. He penned heartfelt tales of heartache and romance, longing and love, living out his childhood dream and making music with his fingers.” Being openly gay and a vocal advocate for LGBT rights, the mainstream music world has yet to embrace Steve's intention to cross the societal boundaries between gay and straight. Such boundaries came to light when he was in the eighth grade. Growing up in a Catholic family, his parents struggled to come to terms with his sexuality. I came out after I graduated from high school. I questioned it throughout all of my four years, but I never found the confidence to face the truth and reveal it to anyone. His debut single “All American Boy” gave me the ability to recognize and express a feeling, one that is so familiar to so many gay people. It is that feeling of unrequited love (towards a straight man) and knowing that love will never be true. The self-funded and produced music video has a very American feel with country roads, whiskey, hot men, the American flag and a campfire. His debut album “All American Boy” was released in March of 2014. Funding was obtained via Kickstarter and it became one of the most funded album projects for an independent artist. Each one it's different in its feel and lyrical content, but they all reflect the passion that is so eloquently expressed in the title track. The title track, along with the toe tapper “Stay” and the up tempo “Run” are my personal favorites. To promote the album, Steve continues to perform at Pride festivals around the world. This is a true testament to his desire of helping people feel loved and that their voices deserve to be heard! ___ Thanks to Derek and Steve! Creative Influences The Rolling Stones The Beatles To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “Find common ground with him and make him chill out.” Advice… It is amazing to be able to make a difference. Try to reach within yourself to put out something compelling and people will respond to that. The internet can be harsh; the people can be harsh. Interview Links Steve's Website Steve's Facebook Account Steve's Twitter Handle Steve Grand's Instagram

Christian A. Brown has written creatively since the age of six.  In 2010, he quit his job in the health and fitness industry to care for his mother who was diagnosed with cancer. Their battle and journey together is what triggered Christian to unlock his love for creative writing full-time, dedicating his life to his passion. He is the best-selling author of Feast of Fates, volume 1 of the Four Feasts Till Darkness series.  So far, Feast of Fates has sold over 5,000 copies in 5 months, and he's now nominated for an Indie Book of the Year award. His second book in the series will be released in a few months.  My conversation with Christian is powerful and magical across the board. We dissect the transition that Christian made from his old 'ordinary' life to the heart-heavy fight for his mother's life which changed his outlook on everything, allowing him to discover his true calling. He is 100% transparent, and he pours his feelings, emotions, morals, and values into his writings.   Christian is also a master of conquering self-doubt, and he does an incredible job of exploring his techniques in this episode.  We also get into the power of mindfulness, obstacles and struggles when writing a book, and how cats should run the world. :)

  LOOOOOOK! You can be creative.. and awesome.. and still be in the thick of your battle to change the world. You don't have to be rich to celebrate success through passion. Assuming you are not a serial killer, and that you are a good person, you should celebrate your uniqueness. – Jenny Jelly All of us are climbing the mountain, armoring ourselves with the Muse while battling resistance.  It's good to keep a warm tribe around for the journey, and Jenny Jelly and Tim Trueheart are filling that bill. If you want to laugh, fist pump, find massive inspiration, experience failure, taste the creative rose, or even wonder down a road of recovery from alcohol or other substances.. you best be wobbling your ears to this episode RIGHT NOW! You can tell by the length that Jenny, Tim and I had a massive blast when recording this. It is super random, super real, and a gigantic rollercoaster through the struggles of real creatives. Jenny and Tim are the creators of The Jelly Vision Podcast, and they are dedicating their lives to teaching and inspiring within this beautiful canvas we call MOTHA EARTTTTH. To defeat Godzilla with their talents… Tim: I am going to use my blackness and unite all my black brothers and Godzilla just has to go the other way. Jenny: Find a commonality, like I have remarkably short arms, so I will show them to Godzilla who also has short arms and we can hug each other! Advice… You cannot be a fake if you are named Trueheart. Assuming you are not a serial killer and you are a good person, you want to celebrate your uniqueness. (Jenny's) Keep in mind that not all roller coasters are safe, you could plummet to your death. (Jenny's) Use the fear to fuel creativity. (mine) Interview Links JellyVision.com Jenny Fukumoto's Website Jenny Fukumoto's LinkedIn Jenny Fukumoto's Twitter Handle Tim Trueheart's Website Tim Trueheart's Twitter Tim Trueheart'sFaceBook Highlights  7:58: How Tim and Jenny started this 5-year relationship from how Tim catapulted Jenny into hosting and Jenny just found that she loved it! Jenny was optimistically starting her “brick and mortar business” when Tim, of all the joints in the world had to walk into Jenny's and as they say, the rest is history. Though she had to give up the joint after the landlord lost his patience, what she started here was what gave her solid foundation for the eventual online business. Listen to her interesting experiences as she shares the triumphs and pitfalls of a true brick and mortar business as opposed to the ephemeral online website business. What Tim and Jenny built in their dogged pursuit for business survival in the financially strapped atmosphere of 2008 has actually lived on in the artists and their creations who became members of their thriving community back then. It is a heartening story of entrepreneurs who never say die but just move on to occupy a different body when the first one dies out. 18:55: I brainstorm with Jenny and Tim on great learning scenarios to enable children and parents learn about setting up a business, maintaining it, improving on it or just being aware of the benefits that a particular skill offers. Listen to us as we bounce ideas off each other on how to make a brick and mortar place turn up revenue while being a place where parents and kids can truly get value for their money through its classes, lectures or workshops. There are awesome ideas about doing multi potentialitites and being able to do more than one thing and be ahead of everyone! Listen to us share ideas about getting started, what it takes to put the foot forward and start that journey. Jenny has “The Tens” to help her start on whatever course she wants to go/do and her explanation of what this is all about can make a listener want to try them out immediately! 34:07: Listen to the new angle about addiction and recovery. Tim discusses self-mastery and recognizing resistance. We really have an important discussion here about addiction and how to make mental adjustments so people can channel anxiety, anger or boredom and come up a winner over them. There is also an interesting side comment here about Arnold Schwarzenegger insight on being focused to the point of completely forgetting how it affects the people around us. 43:07: Hey, guys! Listen to my take on getting started on anything – especially on resolving to do something that is not exactly giving instant gratification. I share my experience on resolving to get out of a 15k debt that I thought I can work off in 5 years but now I have almost 8 grand in just 5months and there is a certainty that this will all work out right and I in a few more months I do not have to sleep dead tired, enslaved to a debt. This is a truly powerful example of being focused and I share how I did it! 58:17: Tim and Jenny share some of their thoughts about the people they have encountered in the 5 years they have been doing their podcast. It is interesting that both completely agree on the basic traits that their guests have in common to sustain their focus. There is 1 trait that stands out among these people and Tim has a pretty insightful comment about it.

Are you using your relationship or sexuality to fuel energy for magical creative experiences? If you aren't, you better start right now! Did you know confidence, happiness, intimacy, romance, sensuality, and sexuality all tap directly into your creative forces? Drs. Rob and Janelle Alex, Ph.D. are dedicating their marriage and their lives helping others discover the power and importance of sexuality and how it affects health, creativity, and longevity. It's an incredible conversation full of humor, intellect, and a lifetime of values. Rob and Janelle also explore the process of creating “magical babies” and how sexual energy can directly result in powerful visions, ideas, creativity sprees and more. This is NOT taking the act of love to a whole new intellectual level and leaving all the fun behind! Intimacy, sensuality, and orgasm are all accounted for! Rob and Janelle have authored 125 books together and are the co-hosts of The Spiritual Peak Center podcast, Authors Talk About It Podcast, andMission: Date Night Podcast. They have been hosting podcasts since 2011. Their online programs include Intimate Wealth™, Money Magic 90-Day Programs, 33 Days to Unleash Your Sacred + Sexy Power Animals™, Shape of Your Relationship and Transcendent Lovemaking™ To defeat Godzilla with their talents… Janelle: We will create a sigil, do a ceremony before making love and will have amazing transcendental lovemaking experience before Rob can go out there to Godzilla, and I will record the whole thing. Rob: I will create a love monster to come in and give Godzilla a little bit of uhm.. so Godzilla will be a little less angry. Advice… Laugh and have fun, even if we fall down flat on our asses. It is okay to just get back up. Interview Links Rob & Janelle's Linked In Rob and Janelle's Twitter Handle Rob & Janelle's Facebook Rob & Janelle's Email

Bri Seeley totaled her car, and she couldn't have been happier. She believes that things happen for a reason, and every situation is a stepping stone to a much larger plan. She lives through her vision. She takes frequent calls early in the morning where she has conversations with her friends in future tense. She lives the life she dreams of creating because she knows it will come true if she sets her mind to it. I am a very visionary person, and I'm also in love with prioritizing life and creating the perfect moment, every moment. Naturally, Bri and I had a conversation of visionary fireworks. She quit her job to pursue The Inspirational Woman Project where she interviewed 99 women about finding their inner power of inspiration. She then created a coffee table book featuring all the interviewees and successfully funded the project with a Kickstarter campaign. Listen to this interview if you want your mind to be blown, pumped up with mega inspirational dynamite. If you don't listen, you are about as exciting as a dead moth on a cardboard box.

From butt-chugging and fratire to using baby cries to torture prisoners of war, my conversation with Tucker Max started out as exciting as his personality would lead you to expect. It's a roller coaster of awesomeness on multiple levels. Before I left Tennessee to move to Lexington (Tucker's home town), I had a buddy request that I read Tucker's book “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.” I did, and I praised Tucker's ridiculous humor and shenanigans along with the rest of the world. Never did I think I'd be chatting with him four years later. Despite the media and world perception of Tucker being a face-down pants-down raging alcoholic hellion with no respect for anything beyond bitches, hos, and blackout bonanzas, he is quite the opposite. Most people say he's “grown up,” but I think it's way beyond a simple label. The dude was fucking brilliant when he released his books, and he knew exactly the effect his stories would have on the world. He knew how to make people laugh and intrigue them beyond belief. He mastered the game of publishing, selling and creating a revolutionary money-making brand.   He didn't do this by chance. He's a brilliant author and entrepreneur with a drive for constant personal development and success. He always has been. I took this episode as an opportunity to diagnose how Tucker handled his transition from college frat boy superhero to happily married father and CEO of the brilliant Book in a Box- a hands free service to turn your ideas into a published book. I think Tucker made like $20k in the amount of time we chatted. I also learned that I was a much heavier drinker than him in the past :X To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “He is a lizard, right? Why don't you just use ice? I mean, he must be like any other reptile. I will wait until it is night time and dump ice on him.” Advice… Alcohol tastes good in the mouth, I don't need to pour it in my butt. If you ever want to torture someone, try “baby crying” noises. Interview Links Book in a Box Website Tucker's Website Tucker's Facebook Page Tucker's Twitter Handle Highlights  15:15: Tucker vehemently denies that he drinks more than me but admits to having demons like everyone else. Listen to him reminisce about his way of dealing with personal demons and how he came to the realization that achieving financial success does not equate to personal happiness. Tucker, being Tucker, says he compares coming to that realization to a near-death experience with a caveat to be careful with near deaths because you might just get the death experience without the “near” part of it. 22:22: “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” Tucker's first book was an eye-opener except that it took him more than a decade to open his eyes to the real need to have an authoritative how-to- turn-ideas-into-a-book-without-actually-having-to-write-one. He comes up with fascinating insights on the difficulties of being a writer. Listen to how a colleague ropes Tucker into this project by pointing out the preposterous absurdity of his raison d'etre. This was the birth of Book in a Box and the amazing unfolding of this project to its eventual ground swell to some sort of writer's bible is narrated by Tucker in his irreverent but nonetheless sincere awe for how his process actually answers a real need. 30:05: Listen to how Book in a Box is packaged. This is bigger than itself. It is an awesome project with a complete set of services from concept to interview to outline to actual writing by someone else, to book form to publishing. Listen to Tucker get serious about how he amazes even himself with the success of this project. 39:00: Despite Tucker's success with Book in a Box, he wants to expand his mission and talks about his future plans. Listen to him give his no holds barred opinions of certain books that made it to the New York Bestseller List too.

At just 27 years old, Tom Corson-Knowles has written over 25 books. He is the grandmaster blaster of self-publishing, and he is teaching others all over the world how to dominate the marketing and publishing of ebooks. His course on publishing has sold over 19,000 times, and he is the best-selling author of The Book Marketing Bible, The Kindle Publishing Bible, Secrets of the Six-Figure Author, Rules of the Rich, Facebook For Business Owners, and Schedule Your Success. He is also the founder of TCK Publishing and he host of the Publishing Profits podcast. He is all value and no fluff, and that's what I love about him. In this episode, we cover Tom's 11 steps to publishing on Kindle. Right after, I was so inspired I beasted out a 28-page ebook in just 1 weekend. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “11 STEPS TO KINDLE PUBLISHING DOMINATION” AS HEARD ON THE PODCAST EPISODE :)! You will learn so much in this episode! Creative Influences Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I will get scientists to assess his strengths and weaknesses so I can figure out a way to defeat him.” Advice… If you want to be successful, ask the right questions to the right people. Success is different for everyone. Success is freedom. Interview Links Tom's Website Tom's Twitter Handle Ebook Publishing School Website Publishing Prophets Website CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “11 STEPS TO KINDLE PUBLISHING DOMINATION” AS HEARD ON THE PODCAST EPISODE :)!

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http://www.artsynow.com/ujramdas “If you don't have a vision in your mind right now that is as clear as reality, then you are going to get sucked into someone else vision.  Either that or you are going to be floating around in life visionless.” -UJ Ramdas You know how I am constantly talking about visualization, the 5-minute journal, and how it has completely revolutionized my life? Well, UJ Ramdas is the dude who created the journal. At the beginning of my journey last year, I discovered this journal through Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning (the exact system I've used to create my routines and habits that have set a pace for my successes.)  Since, I have used the principles of the journal as an anchor for happiness and productivity. UJ and his journal teach us the power of the mind, visualizations, and our ability to create the life we love. By using UJ's principles and reviewing the 5-mine journal on a daily basis, there is no way magic won't take over your life. Learn all about it in this phenomenal chat with UJ. Creative Influences The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “With a powerful explosive or something that has pyrotechnic stuff.” Advice… The anticipation of doing it is more pleasurable than actually doing it. There is no reason to believe that if a person has a positive outlook, he will remain positive no matter what. We just need to ask ourselves if we have done our best. Interview Links UJ Ramdas' Website The Five Minute Journal UJ Ramdas' LinkedInAccount UJ Ramdas' Twitter Handle Highlights  8:49: How the idea of the 5-minute journal came about while UJ and a friend who shared a common habit of jotting down the day's events in a journal were bouncing off ideas, and the realization that this habit should be shared as this could help people since this habit have kept them both on track with their goals, 10:29: How UJ came up with a system to bring motivation and therapy together, to effect behavioral change that lasts. 14:41: Why the 5-minute journal was created to effect solid behavioral changes in one's life, why it begin with an exercise and UJ belief that it is only through clarity that one can have peace in one's life. The mental gymnastics that UJ has come with are simple but thought provoking mental exercises on self-awareness that few of us truly appreciate until we put them to practice, 21:00: What the five-minute journal gives us including the key to positive thoughts through mental exercises that will not require us to go to Tibet to study meditation for years,and a tool that gives us value for time and takes us through a five-step process of attaining clarity of thought for maximum self-awareness in order to effect consistent wanted behavior, 25:35: How the 5-minute journal makes us plan our days and guides us on how to start them with anticipation and true eagerness, since, without self-awareness, our days tend to run together in an endless pattern of meaningless repetitions, 28:20: How the 5-minute journal is effective in making a person aware that it is behavior that either made your day a good one or a so-so one, 32:37: Why some people believe that they are already positive creatures and do not need any more lessons on the subject and how UJ explains that it is unreasonable for anyone to expect that just because one is positive, one will remain thus forever. He explains that we are the composite of our experiences and we need refresher courses like a car's engine needs maintenance, 34:17: The need of man for affirmation to stay positive and how the 5-minute journal gives clear and concise instructions to address this. UJ also gives a compelling argument on how we amplify  negativism through the setting of impossible goals for ourselves and advises to go for  small but attainable goals, 38:40: Why, at the end of the day, the 5 minute journal is our truth serum; his warning of the trap we set on ourselves – of being too hard on ourselves, of expecting too much from ourselves and his advice on how the 5-minute journal is only a tool to evaluate our behavior for the day and not a tool for self-flagellation, and 42:00: The revelation of two of the best people he could hope to take an interest on his work:Hal Elrod and Tim Ferriss, how they got to know of his 5-minute journal and the heartening way they had been so outspoken in their support of this work.

www.artsynow.com/georgholzmann If you are interested in podcasting..today is your lucky day! I've been anticipating this conversation for a while, and I'm proud to have finally connected with Georg Holzmann, the founder and creator of Auphonic.com. Georg has accomplishments that blow most dreams out of the water. He is from Graz, Austria and is the mastermind behind the development of the super sweet podcast and audio tool called Auphonic. Georg develops next generation audio algorithms using a combination of music information retrieval, machine learning, signal processing and big data to create automatic audio post production software for broadcasters, podcasts, radio shows, movies, audio books, lecture recordings, screencasts and more. To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I would play a very loud tone to smash his brain.” Advice… If it's done, it is not too difficult anymore. Interview Links Auphonic and Loudness Standards with Georg Holzmann Georg's Twitter Handle Auphonic Website Georg's Blog Highlights  7:09: About Georg, the creator of Auphonic, the very system that I use for my podcasts and how he been fascinated with sounds and sound processing even as a child. How his love of music, the advent of new technology and easy access to information via the Internet have taken Georg  and to new heights of creativity to improve sound production, 11:48: How being an enthusiastic podcast listener has enabled Georg to recognize the challenges faced by podcast users and how it dawned on him that he could do something about this in a really significant way, hence, the conceiving of Auphonic, 14:28: What Auphonic is: the actualization of Georg's desire to enhance the quality of the delivery of sound to the listener, to save time on uploads and generally making it easier for the user to work on his show – just as I discovered to my delight, 19:00: The increase in volume of users which dismayed Georg the first time because he suddenly realized the amount of service required until he got the scales right and reacted accordingly;and how Georg ran into trouble when radio stations start to use a big amount of files, and just keeping abreast of the service would require endless working hours, and 27:20: Georg's future plans, which sounded like a Herculean list of tasks, including more enhancements for Auphonic such as adding more languages and more new algorithms, a desk version of the system and about a hundred other innovations with me doing my best to convince Georg to turn his brilliant mind to an app like “podclear” and add or combine it with Auphonic to save me a lot of time when doing my podcasts.

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Get the step by step sequence Bram used to get 35k website visitors upon launch in just 48 hours!  Overnight success takes ten years in the making, but it sure as hell peaks its head out a little early on some occasions. Bram Kanstein is in the aftermath of one of the most successful Product Hunt launches of all time, and he's here to tell you exactly how he did it. Bram is the founder of StartupStash.com, a website of goodies for startups and entrepreneurs that hit 290 up votes on ProductHunt.com and 2.6k unique visitors within the first four hours. At one point, Business Insider wrote a story about Startup Stash and it triggered over 300 views/minute. All of this didn't just happen by chance. Bram used his mastermind to devise a plan for his launch with a relentless pursuit of any success. Hold onto your boxers and panties because he's dropping value bombs left and right in this episode. (free-ballers.. we've got love for you too :) ) Cheers, Bram. To defeat Godzilla with his talents... "Do something with his short hands. Take him down with his handicap." Advice... Some people spend too much time looking for something when that something is right below their noses. Anyone looking to build an app should really understand how to do it because it is simply expanding one's own solution. The best way to get feedback is by leveraging your own possibilities. Don't be afraid to ask; you never know what that person may know or who he knows You don't want to build an app that resembles a big app and you know you will never be bigger than that app. Be involved so you know the people and you have a base. Most ideas start when you are not behind your computer. Bram's personal favorite tools: MailChimp.com, Twitter.com, Slack.com, Trello.com and Marvelapp.com Interview Links StartupStash Website Bram's Twitter Account Bram's Website Bram's Product Hunt Account Bram's LinkedIn Account Highlights  9:40: What Startup Stashis: an for app builders to use when starting an app and initially conceived as an app that anyone can basically click with 10 suggestions on what to use, 12:01: How Startup Stash came about including that it was a result of an idea for a directory that would make information more manageable, very much like a list of tools and resources, 14:15: How Startup Stash started by outlining 50 categories for its tools and filling out 40 categories with 10 products per category, 15:50: WhatBetaList.com was used for including sending out feelers through the use of excel sheets and though time consuming, why it was worthwhile because data can be imported to the website and it got them 700 subscribers, 17:02: The way Startup Stash was made, which was mainly through focusing on its content and then creating a landing page for it, when it was launched and how it immediately went viral, 22:40: The unexpected reaction of companies and sites which brought about a surprise bonus of adding companies and sites to the tool list in Startup Stash (The companies thought it was great being featured in Startup Stash and Tweeted the app to their members and their members tweeted it to their friends), 24:33: The amazing numbers Startup Stash garnered after 4 hours of launching: 290 uploads, 26,000 unique visitors and 60,000 page visitors, 26:00: The press Bram was able to garner including Business Insider and ProductHunt.com, 32:08: The best ways to get feedback, why timing is a big part of launching a product and mistakes people make when starting to make an app, and 39:28: Why Twitter is the best starting point for anyone looking to build a course.

http://www.artsynow.com/annajh Download the free guide "8 Ways to Use Fear for Fuel in Creativity" now! YEEEEEEEES! You are SO welcome here. As an artist, and usually any type of creative, there is a daily battle against resistance, fear and even self-confidence.  As creatives, we manifest our entire lives through art because we truly LOVE it. Creation is a part of us, and without it..we would feel lifeless. Sadly enough, artists are expected to conform to guidelines, rules, and structure when it comes to methods of creating. More than ever, artists are ashamed of admitting their relentless desire to live through their passion. The media sabotages the meaning of "art" and floods the label onto anything and everything possible, seriously handicapping the world's perception of every unique production of our subconscious. Anna JH is super charismatic Founder of Creoddity.com, and she's leading a charge to help other artists gain the confidence and means to live through their passion. She's a multi-talented artist with an amazing sense of humor, and she's bringing her 'creoddity' to others just like her to bring confidence, pride, and beauty back to the foundation of creativity. Anna is truly remarkable with a super bright and colorful personality. I'm so excited to introduce her to you.. !! :) !! :) !! To defeat Godzilla with her talents... "I will definitely have to throw paint on his face.” Advice... An art gallery is where you go to look at the people and not the art. Great art is capturing something that cannot be captured any other way. What you want is on the outside of fear. The good things that happen, happen in the most random of ways. There is no excuse not to do something. Stop being a wimp! Interview Links Anna's Email Address Creoddity Twitter Handle Anna's Twitter Handle Creoddity's YouTube Account Highlights 10:30 : Creoddity as a social platform for unknown artists being, in Anna's case, the painters, sketchers and basically anyone else who puts their art on paper as opposed to musicians or writers, 12:55: Creodddity as a creative community wherein members help and support each other get past their fears of going public with their creations or just simply allow a debate to get over artistic frustrations, 13:25: The epiphany that Anna heard when she realized that painting is what she wants and what she will do for the rest of her life, driving her to ensure that she can make money out of it, 14:00: The frustration of finding out that there were so few free opportunities for new artists to market their talent or products, 14:55: The art society that Anna's locality was made up of -- mostly people with graying hair that she felt she could not fit in being only 25, 15:45: About the publication of art through Twitter and how it became the predecessor of Creoddity by providing information on making the most tools available to artists, 18:12: The gratification that one can feel or get when people share a video you have made, 20:00: Embracing social media and doing it properly by having a Twitter page because it is possible to share art and get feedback y connecting/interacting with other artists, 22:30:The typical artist's fear of getting negative feedback and what she did to surpass this: think positive because from her experience, the majority of community members are more supportive than negative, 26:02: The great satisfaction in knowing that somebody appreciates your work, even if it is only one person sharing a video you have done, 27:15: Another typical fear of an artist: the feeling of shame to admit to something as mundane as wanting to make money out of their art, 28:35: Expounding on the needs for artists' education to cover lessons on how to market their product or provide the tools necessary to market their products, 30:00: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and all social media platforms that an artist can use to publicize what he does or what he can do, 32:40: The driving force of Creoddity and the usual stereotypes of artists, 40:00: What art is for her and the people who influenced Anna when she was 16-18 in Britain and how they made her think out of the box so much so that all the confidence she has now, she owes it to them, 45:16: The art found in YouTube.com/Creoddity, which covers drawing tips, portrait ideas and funny videos about art and the art world, 50:55: Tips on handling creativity blocks including not trying too hard because it will just make it harder and latching on to what you are feeling and using it, 53:12: The dilemna between wanting to create art and having to consider something as mundane as financial matters, 57:52: Artists joining a social community for various reasons: some to get feedback, some to get recognition, others simply to get together with people sharing the same interest, and 59:00: Ana'stips to be organized including keeping a list or writing down random ideas on a roll of paper.

http://www.artsynow.com/wp-admin Most lifestyle entrepreneurs crave the dream of freeing ourselves from financial imbalance, stress, and hand ties.  We want a life full of passion and meaning, and it's certainly possible, but it all starts with creating a business foundation that is scalable and financially sound, even when we step away to enjoy the world! Evelyn Ivy is the Founder of Lifestyle CPA and the author of Lifestyle Entrepreneurship: A CPA's Perspective. She specializes in the five levels of lifestyle entrepreneurship and how to increase your margins and remove yourself from your business.   Evelyn is a CPA, has a Master's in Business, a Master's in Accounting, a Master's in Educational Technology, along with a few Bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Business.   Creative Influences Rich Dad, Poor Dad One hour to create something, with anyone... "It's my dream to have an empire so if I can have Warren Buffet as an adviser, that would be great." To defeat Godzilla with her talents... “If he would listen and sit down, I will tell him the cost of his destruction and tell him that I can help him turn things around for his benefit.” Advice... I need freedom but I also need the money to finance my freedom. You have to have a solid marketing base. You have to have a steady stream of clients, you need to know how to read the numbers,manage your metrics and know how to plan basing on that. Start small and build gradually. You cannot work just to make enough money to earn a living. You are never going to grow. Its trial and error but the key is knowing how to package your services and product and knowing how to sell it. Interview Links Evelyn's Website Evelyn's Twitter Handle Evelyn's Email Highlights 09:19 : Where the whole concept of starting a lifestyle business came from, how she started breaking free from her 9 to 5, and the challenges she faced early on especially with having just three clients, 11:33 : Things she put in place to cut back on her lifestyle to help her business grow including moving to Springfield where the cost of living is low and keeping a budget, 14:54 : The freedom that a savings account can do for you, the methods she has in place in saving and the different savings she has including emergency, travel, automated and ‘just-because' savings, 18:04 : The main benefits of Evelyn's lifestyle and a success story from a client she had helped in the past, 19:57 : How you can start building your path from simply earning a living to going out and being financially independent by starting small and planning well, 24: 11 : Packaging your product and services towards the liking of your customer and the techniques she uses in getting to know what her customers want, and 26:45 :How minimalism can work for business as well and the most common issues Evelyn sees in her clients including subscriptions, info products, and buying items that don't sell.

As promised in the show, you can download your free pdf guide with all of our methods, tips, and tools discussed in the episodes here -> How to Make More Time For Creatitivities – 20+ Time Hacks, Productivity Tricks, Lifestyle Practices and More Today is a bright day! I am humbled to have connected with the brilliant and multi-talented Kent Sanders on the show, and we masterminded our way to two hours of struggles, victories, and incredible processes on how to make time for your creative side. Kent and I put our champion hats on and combined topics of his powerful extended ebook 'How to Make Time for Your Art' with our inner experiences on the subject, including the strategies and tools we use to accomplish extreme productivity, allowing us to spend more time with the therapy of creation. Kent is a multi-creative, working in music, arts, writing and teaching, and he is very specific when it comes to drilling down to the needs of artists. In this show, we dive into HUGE value by discussing 20+ ways to make time for creating in a two-part beastly episode. This free guide was built as a basis of our combined input on the episode, and we broke each topic down and added actionable steps and tools that we both use to clear up more time for creating. Also, Kent is giving our listeners his free ebook “5 Steps to De-Clutter Your Workspace” on his website here:http://www.kentsanders.net/artrepreneur-podcast/ This episode was so beastly, I had to break it down into two separate releases. Part 1 is posted seperately :) http://www.artsynow.com/kentsanders

As promised in the show, you can download your free pdf guide with all of our methods, tips, and tools discussed in the episodes here -> How to Make More Time For Creatitivities – 20+ Time Hacks, Productivity Tricks, Lifestyle Practices and More Today is a bright day! I am humbled to have connected with the brilliant and multi-talented Kent Sanders on the show, and we masterminded our way to two hours of struggles, victories, and incredible processes on how to make time for your creative side. Kent and I put our champion hats on and combined topics of his powerful extended ebook 'How to Make Time for Your Art' with our inner experiences on the subject, including the strategies and tools we use to accomplish extreme productivity, allowing us to spend more time with the therapy of creation. Kent is a multi-creative, working in music, arts, writing and teaching, and he is very specific when it comes to drilling down to the needs of artists. In this show, we dive into HUGE value by discussing 20+ ways to make time for creating in a two-part beastly episode. This free guide was built as a basis of our combined input on the episode, and we broke each topic down and added actionable steps and tools that we both use to clear up more time for creating. Also, Kent is giving our listeners his free ebook “5 Steps to De-Clutter Your Workspace” on his website here:http://www.kentsanders.net/artrepreneur-podcast/ This episode was so beastly, I had to break it down into two separate releases. Check back on Monday for Part 2 of the episode  http://www.artsynow.com/kentsanders

http://www.artsynow.com/mattweir Last fall I was working around my house when I saw a late-night special on the tube with a sculpture that was blowing my mind with his talent. Luckily, it showed he was in Louisville KY which immediately gave me a spark to reach out and see if I could get him on this show. I've always been fascinated with the arts, but sculpting in particular really fascinates me. After a few months, Matt reached back out and we were able to collaborate on this episode. It's hilarious how small the world is, because just a few minutes into our conversation, I realized that Matt had traveled to Costa Rica with Lindsay's parents (my gf). How insane is that?? Anyway, Matt's talents are astonishing and highly praised. I don't really have to say much about him..just look at his work.. We talk processes, techniques, evolution, pushing away from the religion and parent mold, and keeping focus on creating. Creative Influences Craig Kaviar The Bright Foundry On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I would make a nice, well-crafted female Godzilla to distract him and I would sneak around him when he goes for the female Godzilla” Advice… Art making is great but artists also make waste not just in great sculpture but also in bad sculpture. All of it is essentially our footprint. I think about materials as an author might about words, sentences,chapters of a bookand characters in a story. The more I diversify, the more languages I speak, the more I can compose a concept to the most diverse audience. Science is a profound thing and a lot of people don't know about it. If they did, lots of things in the world would change. Self-sustainability is death. If you are not working with a community, you will have no connections to the world around you and so you are dead. It's a terrible state. Create like a god, command like a king and work like a slave. –Constantin Brâncuși Interview Links Matt's Website Matt's Email Earth Measure by Matt Weir BFA Exhibition Show – Reproduction Stress and the Death Drive: Go with the Flow

“My creations are based upon in-depth research and visualizations which are birthed into material form through the use of color, line, and symbol. My hope is that they will entice you to think, feel, pray or contemplate the many ways in which Spirit and Beauty permeate our world.” We all have our ups and downs, and Damon Powell has most certainly discovered the light in situations that once seemed so dark.  As an artist and a Theologian, he is constantly exploring deep and emotional experiences that bleed right onto the canvas of his work. I am such a fan; I've had one of his paintings set as my desktop wallpaper since I last talked with him. “All of my visual works are birthed from a deep understanding of the myriad ways that the spiritual and aesthetic intersect. These spiritual insights are often gained through prayer, meditation, or readings and research into various theological and philosophical texts. Each piece is based upon in-depth research and visualizations, which are birthed into material form through the use of color, line, and symbol. Many of my creations are attempts to convey complex theological concepts through provocative visual form. My hope is that they will entice you to think, feel, pray, or contemplate the many ways in which Spirit and Beauty permeate our world.” Powerful, dude. Creative Influences Albrecht Durer Da Vinci Michelangelo Aaron Douglas Coltrane One hour to create something, with anyone… “I would want to do an editorial illustration with Nikki Giovanni and illustrate one of her poems.” To defeat Godzilla with his talents… “I would draw a giant skyscraper over the edge of a cliff and when he charges in, he would fall through down to his death.!” Advice… Symbols can communicate in a lot of ways which you can't even say in words. You do more than you can say. Everything is aesthetics. Aesthetics is not just about beauty, it's about relationships and harmony. Stick to your guns and put it out there. You never know what somebody's going to like. It is possible and it is not easy but if you want it bad enough and you get the right support, you can do it. When one door closes, another one opens but sometimes you're not looking as you are still looking back at the other door. You got to turn around. You can divorce art from religion, but you can't divorce religion from art. Don't give up and never stop believing that you can. Interview Links Damon's Website Damon's Facebook Page Damon's Twitter Damon's Blog Highlights 06:48 : Sparking his creativity during his childhood, trying out music but finding his niche more in the art world, and how his art is influenced by his educational background, doctrine and his training, 11:24 : Why he finds meditation as a necessity when preparing to do his art, the stories and concepts behind his works, and the most important things he learned in the programs that he went through, 15:35 : About his online gospel radio station and how it keeps him grounded, 16:47 : The tough situations that he sometimes goes through and what helps him get back into the flow, 18:25 : His major goal of leaving his day job and the steps and methods he has in place to get to this goal, 22:32 : The mediums he use for his art and the processes he has in place when creating them from concept, research, sketching, composition, layout, up to narrowing down the medium to use, 27:15 : About a particular instance that he was emotionally attached to his work and how hard it was to let go with peace until he completed the whole series, 28:54 : The meaning behind some of the symbols he incorporates in his work and why he finds it useful and important to insert them in, and 31:21 : A brief overview of his past struggles and how he got over his burden and towards sobriety.   

http://www.artsynow.com/fitspark SO! Feeling drowsy? Is your energy tanking towards the big stinky garbage can? You want to feel fit, healthy, and on top of the world, but you just don't have any time? Today is your lucky day. No joke, Tammy Uyeda has created an app that will solve your problem. Not only did she build it to solve her problem, but also the app directly correlates to anyone who thinks they don't have time to work out and feel awesome. Tammy is a Physiotherapist, Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and mom of three busy kids, so she knows what it's like to feel too busy to boogie with the fitness. FitSpark is a revolutionary, new high intensity interval training (HIIT) fitness app that helps to eliminate barriers to exercise: Short, fast, efficient workouts (only 7 – 20 minutes long!) Requires little to no exercise equipment No membership required Hundreds of videos provide new workout options each time! In this episode, we dive into the importance of health and the process of creating the app (despite Tammy having 0 previous app experience.)   Get ready to fist pump. Creative Influences Chalene Johnson's Marketing Impact Academy, Smart Success Seminar Amy Porterfield One hour to create something, with anyone… “The FitSpark health is my main parent company and I would like to spend more time in developing the bridge between fitness and physical therapy and really give people the tools they need to maintain and improve their health.” To defeat Godzilla with her talents… “Burpee challenge! Let's go, right now, Godzilla!” Advice… I just want to make it easy for people and reduce the barriers to exercise because once you have any barrier at all, it becomes the barrier that you cannot exercise. I found out how important mentors are and how it's valuable to have people around me that are willing to share their expertise with me. It's been key to getting me this far and keeping me sane. The power of the internet is amazing. No matter what specialty or what interest you have, there's possibly there. The key is just being realistic about what you can accomplish. Don't do number two until you finish number one. Time and time again in my life I see that, if something didn't work, something else will come that is better, and so I don't dwell in the fact that I have failures. I just keep going and realize that it wasn't meant to be. I just keep my face to the sun. I have such a belief in active lifestyle, in preventing injury and minimizing illness that that's truly where my heath lies right now. Moderation is key. Interview Links FitSpark Website FitSpark Twitter FitSpark Facebook Tammy's Instagram Tammy's Twitter Tammy's Email Address Highlights 05:48 : A rundown of what the FitSpark app is all about, Tammy's goals in coming up with the app and how it can help you be motivated and accountable for you to keep on working out regularly, 09:36 : The benefits of exercise and how it impacted her productivity and why we should remove the barriers and our excuses in not exercising, 13:56 : Her background and specialties, how she started getting presence in social media, and how a homework project evolved to designing an app, 20:37 : The process of going from idea to fruition including steps such as beta testing and daily meetings hammering the details of the app, 23:58 : What the name FitSpark stands for her and the hardest things she had encountered during the whole development process, 26:00 : How she manages being a mother of three, having a day job and being an entrepreneur, 35:13 :Why she treats failures as things you simply have to learn in life, and 37:44 : What she does in combination to diet and fitness and how she balances both through moderation.

 Currently Creating in: United States About a year ago I evaluated that I was tired, overworked, unhappy, lost and ultimately living a life of nonstop drifting through procrastination, pointless routines and a very bright corporate American future. A few months later, I sorted out my “crazy” and “unrealistic” visions and pledged to battle resistance and trek towards the life I once thought was impossible. One of the “unrealistic” visions that I have been dedicating the last year (and all future years) to is creating a life of location independence and traveling the world. I want to (and will) taste the creativity of all cultures and landscapes that stretch across the globe.  I will play my part in changing the world. About 4 months ago I came across a podcast that has undoubtedly 100x'd my drive to make this vision a reality (like when you dominate coins in Sonic), and I'm honored and bit anxious to introduce you to the dude behind the magic. Jason Moore is the founder of the Zero to Travel Podcast andZerototravel.com, the co-founder of LocationIndie.com, and a champion of all things digital nomadic, location independent, travel hacking, and awesomeness. He has an unbelievable talent for sharing his experiences and ramping up the education of anyone who might be interested an on-the-go lifestyle of fist pumping and epic scenery. I tried my best to get a summary of all the incredible topics that Jason regularly covers on his podcast and website for this show while also diving into his story and how his baller lifestyle came to fruition. World domination, travel hacking, budget traveling, wonders of the world, fist pumping and everything in between, here's to Mother Earth.    Creative Influences The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmers Advice… Travel does a lot of things. One thing it can do is make you introspective because you find ways to communicate with people. Travel is something that can open up a whole new world, artistically, creatively and personally and can be fulfilling in so many ways. The reality can be your dream, depending on what you want. It's all about setting yourself up with the ability to do what you do from anywhere. It's all about consistency, persistence and taking action when it comes to these things [travel]. If technology is not limiting you, you don't want to limit yourself by not taking advantage of what's out there. Travel is definitely something you can do and is not as expensive as you think. Interview Links Zero to Travel Website You Tube Site Facebook Site Twitter Account Jason's Email Extra Pack of Peanuts Website Location Indie Website HIGHLIGHTS 09:53 : Why travel is hugely inspirational and important for Jason and how necessary it is for him to have creative outlets, 11:12 : The things you can get out of travelling, the whole new world it can open for you and how it can be fulfilling artistically, creatively and personally if you conquer your fear of travel, 13:55 : His background, the misconceptions he learned about travel, the turning point in his life when he decided to commit to the idea of travelling, landing in the event marketing industry which paved the way for him to pursue his goals and the rest of the story of how he got wrapped up with the nomadic lifestyle, 21:38 : The awesome benefits, as well as the set of challenges, of having a location independent lifestyle and the keys in pulling off running a business on the road, 27:19 : Different people he had met during his travels, the different ways they made money as nomad entrepreneurs or artists and examples of the things they have accomplished, 33:08 : Great tips and tricks to travelling to places in as little budget as possible including airfare and credit card travel hacks, manufactured spending, travelling during shoulder seasons, being ‘incognito' when using your browsers, and 48:49 : Some of his favorite places that he had visited including Argentina, Buenos Aires, and Norway.

 Currently Creating in: Ireland “Every day I wake, I am so thankful for the life I have, my amazing husband, Paul, who supports me in everything I do and I have been gifted with this amazing opportunity to help others prevent and recover from illness.  I work on all areas of nutrition. So whether you're lacking energy, recovering from cancer, or a sports enthusiast looking to perform better, I am here to help.” – Jenny McElvaney You know those people who you meet for a reason? I think Jenny is that person for a massive amount of people – past, present and future. She is dedicating her life every day to establish a new awareness for health and nutrition amongst her family, friends, audience and anyone in the world who is willing to listen. In 2009, at the age of 35, only eight weeks before she was due to get married, Jenny was diagnosed with a rare form of Breast Cancer.  She was told the only preventative measure was major surgery. With the guidance of a nutritional doctor across the seas in Florida, Jenny decided to take her life into her hands and to use food and lifestyle changes as her medicine. With this, she discovered immediate changes in her energy, clarity, mental well-being, hair, skin and overall health. “Cancer isn't a death sentence,it's a life changing opportunity. It opened my eyes to life and all the wonderful things that come with it, and learning about nutrition has been one of them. I spent almost 20 years in the multinational industry and as my health changed, so did my perspective.  The work was challenging and rewarding, but it wasn't “me”.  So today, I run my own Nutrition Clinic and am also working on qualifying as a Personal Trainer.” If you've listened to my show before, you know how excited and motivated I get to talk about Health and its overall effect on every aspect of our lives. I am truly humbled to have connected with Jenny in this episode of the podcast, and I look forward to many more holistic conversations with her in the very near future. Jenny, you are doing an angel's work. To defeat Godzilla with her talents… “I would invite him to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day and would give him some green Guinness and get him some really good quality Irish food.” Advice… A lot of people wait until they get sick to look for help around their diet and they just get caught up in the whole rat race and just work and sleep and don't realize that their body is all they have. Try and eat local. Taking baby steps, even one step a week, towards the right direction is better than nothing at all. Eventually, your whole life will transform. Spend your money wisely. Spent it on good quality products that you can afford. We need variety. Eat the rainbow, eat as many fruits and vegetables as you can. Interview Links Jenny's Website Jenny's Twitter Jenny's Facebook Manufacturers Replace BPA with Still Highly Toxic BPS HIGHLIGHTS: 08:00 : Starting off with her story on how she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in 2009, making the decision to respect her body more by not going through the surgery of removing her ovaries and breasts and changing her diet, lifestyle and mindset overnight, and helping transform other people's lives as well by becoming a nutritional therapist, 13:00 : The common things she wants to flag people such as substituting fruits and vegetables with supplements, eating low fat diets, consuming lots of bread and unhealthy snacks on the run, 18:26 : Things we should be eating more often, primarily vegetables and things we should be doing more such as reading labels on sugar and fat content, 23:46 : The nutritional benefits of meat and which types you should go for, 26:50 : Why we should avoid fastfood and stick with the healthy options, and where we can start if we want to transform our lifestyles, 33:35 : The importance of water and how it relates to our health and energy, the kinds you should be getting, the quantity you should be consuming, and how you'd know if you are hydrating the right way, and 38:45 :Actionable meal plans and what to look for when you are putting your meals together.

iTunes | Play on Soundcloud [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/198046919?secret_token=s-YZ4y0" params="color=00aabb&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]  Currently Creating in: United States & Ireland What are the two driving force behind connecting you to your audience? Most would argue trust, but David Nihill is certain it's humor. I think I agree with David. He is the master of causing a ruckus among the crowd after a show, allowing them to feel as one with his message ultimately channeled through hilarity and the assassination of ‘boring.' Oh yea, he's fundamentally teaching others how to do the same thing. If you want to take your audience to another level, David is your new Daddy. He might not change your diaper, but he sure will spank you into success if you need it. He's a comedian and a public speaker geared to helping others transition from the struggle of feeling terrified in front of an audience to walking around with massive fists pumping in extreme satisfaction, just as he did. Like most of us, he found his corporate job so terribly boring that he was falling asleep without even having a reason to feel tired. Enough was enough, and he established Funny Bizz to help others like him create the life they love, full of laughter and excitement. He's traveling around the world, running his conference, writing books and dominating so much it's funny. See what I did there? Awesome episode.     Creative Influences The 10,000 Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell Kenny Robinson James Altucher's How to Self-Publish a Bestseller: Publishing 3.0 Tim Ferriss' The Four Hour Work Week J. Jacobs One hour to create something, with anyone... "I love everything that Tim Ferriss has put together so I'd love to pick his brain on a lot of stuff." To defeat Godzilla with his talents... “I'd default to my stereotypical advantages and bring him to an Irish back, feed him way too much Guinness and wait until he falls asleep drunk.” Advice... We are hardwired to remember story. If you give me a number of facts in any way, it is not as memorable when you present those facts and bundle them as a story. Brevity is levity. Get to the point quicker. Make your story relatable so you can find your own voice quicker. Just get started. Whether it's your own blog or something, you just need to get some content out there. If you have self-confidence issues, do it under a fake name. When you find something that you are passionate about, there's no more getting burned out, you just love doing it. The line that separates work and passion blurs into one that you just get excited about with what you are working on and get lost in it. Interview Links Book link here Blog link here Conference and FunnyBizz here Udemy course link here with 25% off FunnyBizz Website Highlights 18:18 : The fun he had working with Funny Bizz and the core goals of the company, 09:35 : A background on his career experiences and how he fell into writing despite being dyslexic and public speaking despite the fear of being in front of an audience, 12:36 : The process he went through in starting, marketing and publishing his book in Udemy, 14:14 : The power of storytelling and humor and why they are essential for content developers, 15:39 : The needs David identified upon coming up with Funny Bizz as a platform for comedians and public speakers and how they went about to set their services up to help their target market, 18:33 : The techniques they teach to people in crafting a more memorable story including funneling, linking your own personal stories in your content, making the stories relevant to your audience, 22:07 : Steps he put in place to rocket his book to bestseller status including giving away free codes in Reddit and the other aspects he tackled in the book to propel you to become a more effective public speaker, 27:16 : David's advice on how you can get started if you are interested in content development including testing the waters, using a pen name, and just getting your word out there to get feedback, 33:20 : How he went about travelling to 40 countries by outsourcing and building passive income streams and the lessons he learned during this time, and 41:09 :The thing that burnt him out more than anything and how things can change for you as well.