Podcasts about how josh

osh is a true entrepreneur and prides himself on never having had a boss in his entire adult life. A native of Northeast Ohio, Josh graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in 1998. After graduation, he obtained his Series 6, 63, 66, life and health insurance licenses. He also worked as a Financial Advisor from 1997-2004. Josh has vast knowledge and experience in helping to coach clients and mentor students and borrowers from across the US in finding, structuring, negotiating, and closing various types of transactions for a profit. Josh is also the host of the Accelerated Investor Podcast, which has hosted past guests like Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Donald Trump Jr, Jack Canfield, Rod Khleif, and JV Crum III. He is the founder of a variety of successful businesses including Freeland Ventures, Strategic Real Estate Coach, Accelerated Investor Office, and more. In 2004, Josh took his knowledge of raising capital and the financial markets and started investing in real estate full-time. He was able to combine his knowledge of financial investing with real estate to create a very successful business, which quickly grew into closing over 100+ wholesale and short sale deals per year. In turn, he began training and teaching apprentice partners and students. He founded Strategic Real Estate Coach in 2007, and since then has been involved in 1,000+ wholesale, rehab, rental, foreclosure, and apartment transactions, and has taught thousands of investors how to replicate his success. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Josh learned the importance of residual income, and why it's more important than chasing the next check after his cancer diagnosis Why Josh targets sellers at the end of their depreciation schedule that have owned their property for around 25 years How Josh finds properties that have not been updated in 5 to 10 years and purchases them at a good deal Why the most important step in becoming a real estate investor is securing private funding How finding funding is the key to freedom in business, because a deal cannot close without money Why Josh recommends that everyone be more daring and take more risks like his surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic How Josh is able to own 4000 investment apartment units by securing private money Why Josh believes that it's important to play the long game as a real estate investor Resources: Learn more about working with Josh: https://thementorpodcast.com/josh Get Ron's $599 Wholesaling course for FREE when you join his Gold Club for ONLY $59 a month!

Josh explains how astronomy and machine learning have informed each other, their current limitations, and where their intersection goes from here. --- Josh is a Professor of Astronomy and Chair of the Astronomy Department at UC Berkeley. His research interests include the intersection of machine learning and physics, time-domain transients events, artificial intelligence, and optical/infared instrumentation. --- ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro, sneak peek 1:15 How astronomy has informed ML 4:20 The big questions in astronomy today 10:15 On dark matter and dark energy 16:37 Finding life on other planets 19:55 Driving advancements in astronomy 27:05 Putting telescopes in space 31:05 Why Josh started using ML in his research 33:54 Crowdsourcing in astronomy 36:20 How ML has (and hasn't) informed astronomy 47:22 The next generation of cross-functional grad students 50:50 How Josh started coding 56:11 Incentives and maintaining research codebases 1:00:01 ML4Science's tech stack 1:02:11 Uncertainty quantification in a sensor-based world 1:04:28 Why it's not good to always get an answer 1:07:47 Outro

Josh Primo, the youngest player in the 2021 draft, was initially projected to go in the second round. He ended up with the San Antonio Spurs at No. 12. How did that happen? Dan spoke Todd Ramasar (@tramasar), agent to Primo and Pascal Siakam, as well as the founder and president of Life Sports Agency, about what went into Josh's rise and how impactful the pre-draft process is in general. TIMESTAMPS ⬇️

There is this rampant and egregious over and incorrect diagnosis of hypothyroidism. It doesn't mean that hypothyroidism does not exist; of course it does but there have been major outcries even published in the Journal of Thyroid or in Medscape that there is this drift to incorrectly diagnosing people all probably because we're trying to help them but it ends up doing way more harm than it does good. - Dr. Michael Ruscio   Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE at wellnessforce.com/CURED   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST*   Wellness Force Radio Episode 408 Doctor, clinical researcher and best-selling author of Healthy Gut, Healthy You, Michael Ruscio, DC, returns for the 5th time to share the truth about hypothyroidism, which lab tests you actually need for diagnosing hypothyroidism, sleep's role in helping uncover health issues, and what to do if you have been misdiagnosed with an illness. Have you been misdiagnosed? How can you find a clinician that you can truly trust?   Join us as Josh shares his own story of being misdiagnosed with hypothyroidism this year.    Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex Save 15% on your order with the code ‘JOSH' at wellnessforce.com/paleovalley Introducing a powerful organic blend of apple cider vinegar and four more gut & health supportive superfoods. Paleovalley Apple Cider Vinegar Complex is a powerful aid to get organic apple cider vinegar into your body faster, easier, and without having to tolerate the taste. Their Apple Cider Vinegar Complex also contains four additional superfoods shown to support gut health, inflammation reduction, weight loss, and blood sugar stabilization. Unlike other similar products, they use all organic ingredients in order to avoid the pesticides and herbicides so prevalent in our food system today. They use gentle processing in an effort to preserve as many of the unique and fragile nutrients found in apple cider vinegar and these other four superfoods as possible.   Listen To Episode 408 As Dr. Michael Ruscio Uncovers:   [1:30] Josh's Hypothyroidism Misdiagnosis 278 Dr. Michael Ruscio - What's Really Going On With My Thyroid? 236 Dr. Michael Ruscio - Healing The Second Brain 223 Dr. Michael Ruscio - Healthy Gut, Healthy You 119 Dr. Michael Ruscio - The Orthorexia Connection Dr. Ruscio Radio Podcast Healthy Gut, Healthy You by Dr. Michael Ruscio Dr. Michael Ruscio Josh's concern after receiving his labs and being told that he has hypothyroidism when he really doesn't. The high amount of misdiagnosis of hyperthyroidism we're seeing and while clinics are trying to help, these misdiagnosis is actually causing people more harm than good. Misdiagnosis of Graves' Disease with Apparent Severe Hyperthyroidism in a Patient Taking Biotin Megadoses 395 Ari Whitten Breaking down what it actually means to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism and what is happening in the body especially for men in Josh's scenario. The fear that came up for Josh during his call with the clinician, being told his "body is broken," and how it could've been handled better. What range of TSH we should be looking at to properly diagnose somebody with hyperthyroidism and who will actually benefit from medication. Exceptions in hypothyroid symptoms and prescribed medicine including infertility and young age. How misdiagnosis hurts people mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially as they go from one medication to another medication when they don't actually need them.   [16:00] Sleep's Role In Helping Uncover Health Issues Exploring the different types of therapies available at centers such as Dr. Ruscio's to help people with their hypothyroidism or other health issues. The difference between lab forward clinics that are focused on theories and those that will work directly with the client to help them heal with clinically trialed therapies. Why supplements and prescribed medicines don't actually help address the root cause of our health problems compared to changing our lifestyles. What lifestyle factors Dr. Ruscio looks at first when helping a client: sleep, diet, and other areas. Different diets Josh has tried including the ketogenic diet which made him personally feel sleepy and lethargic compared to something like the Mediterranean diet. How Josh's specific background including having the APO34 gene impacts his health and how his body responds to different foods. 373 Matteo Franceschetti Eight Sleep Sleep biohacks Josh is adding to his life including the Eight Sleep bed which uses thermoregulation to adjust the body temperature for greater rest. How Josh is tracking his body's response to different foods using the NutriSenseCGM device. 397 Kara Collier Save $25 on the first month of any monthly NutriSense plan with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' 365 Dr. Paul Saladino 252 Harpreet Rai | OURA Ring   [26:00] How Singing Can Improve Your Sleep Gaps that might occur with a mattress that tracks HRV compared to the home sleep test that Dr. Ruscio's team does which tracks if a person is snoring to help them with their hypothesis of testing for sleep apnea and other issues. Breaking down why men are at higher risk for sleep problems than women and Dr. Ruscio's theories on why. Weston A. Price Foundation 321 Sally Fallon Morell & Hilda Labrada Gore How your sleep angle can play a role if you are seeing metabolic insufficiencies and suboptimization. Why singing and playing different woodwind instruments like a didgeridoo have shown to reduce obstructed sleep apnea because of how it improves the tone of the musculature in the palate and throat. Tatch   [30:30] Which Lab Tests Are Beneficial? What tests Dr. Ruscio suggests Josh and similar people in his shoes do including an expanded cardiovascular panel to get a better sense on what Josh's risk looks like and help him make modifications. Breaking down which lab tests are actually essential to help someone improve their thyroid health. Why it helps to do an in depth look at what is bothering you: snoring, jaw clenching, dry mouth, receding gums, exhaustion, or drool as well as your history with braces and headgear. The fact that the one thing that will tank metabolism and testosterone levels for males is a an undiagnosed sleep issue. Exploring which workouts and weight lifting exercises that really help move the needle for testosterone and general health. Why the impact of exercise on hormones is actually fairly minimal. 380 Mike Mutzel What mouth taping is and if it might benefit your personalized health. Why mouth taping might not drastically help move the health needle for you compared to diet and exercise like it has for people such as Dr. Ruscio. Paul Chek | All Is God Why even the healthiest people who perform at a high athletic level will also face bad days but with the right help they should feel heard, things should make sense, and your clinician shouldn't make you feel afraid. Signs that you should look out for when following the advice of one clinician over the other. Why a trusted clinician is one that is open-minded, looks at different approaches, and is cautious. Paleovalley - Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code 'JOSH' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Belcampo Meat Co - Save 15% on your first order with the code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Botanic Tonics - Save 20% with the code 'WELLNESS20' breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community   Power Quotes From The Show How Common Are Hypothyroid Misdiagnoses?   "Over the last three to four years I've really been honing in on this fact that there has been this division in alternative medicine that is once again trying to help people but incorrectly labeling people with a disease when they're actually in an acceptable, normative range. Why this is so problematic is because literally once per week at our clinic I will see a case of someone who has been misdiagnosed with hypothyroidism; it's really that rampant in today's society."  - Dr. Michael Ruscio   The Right Way To Speak To Patients   "When people aren't feeling well, there's already a predilection for patients to be a little bit anxious and their minds go to the worst case scenario. I've been there before myself; these thoughts happen and if you prey upon that, it's really the wrong way to handle these conversations because you end up making the person feel worse than they actually are. As clinicians, we should be trying to leverage a placebo in a positive and say something like, 'Hey, you can heal and you can recover. It's not that bad and these things can be repaired," rather than telling patients like in your case, "Your body is broken." Telling people their body is broken causes harm mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially." - Dr. Michael Ruscio   Do You Really Need Hypothyroid Medication?     "Many of these lab forward clinical models are predicated upon theory. It's a theory that your TSH shouldn't be above 2 or 2.5. So, what we're trying to use at our clinic is proof that when people have certain symptoms and they make diet, lifestyle or supplement changes, there is clinical outcome data showing these changes improve their symptoms. And a much better model is to put that lifestyle change process into a cascade of decision making trees that you can walk the person through until you get the result. Sure, some lab work guides that slightly but it's really the person and their symptoms and their response to therapeutics that drives the model predominantly compared to just treating labs and treating numbers that is again just based upon theory that chases a number and doesn't focus on the person." - Dr. Michael Ruscio     Links From Today's Show  278 Dr. Michael Ruscio - What's Really Going On With My Thyroid? 236 Dr. Michael Ruscio - Healing The Second Brain 223 Dr. Michael Ruscio - Healthy Gut, Healthy You 119 Dr. Michael Ruscio - The Orthorexia Connection Dr. Ruscio Radio Podcast Healthy Gut, Healthy You by Dr. Michael Ruscio Thyroid immunity – What Are Healthy Levels for Thyroid Antibodies Misdiagnosis of Graves' Disease with Apparent Severe Hyperthyroidism in a Patient Taking Biotin Megadoses 395 Ari Whitten 373 Matteo Franceschetti Eight Sleep 397 Kara Collier Save $25 on the first month of any monthly NutriSense plan with the code ‘WELLNESSFORCE' 365 Dr. Paul Saladino 252 Harpreet Rai | OURA Ring Weston A. Price Foundation 321 Sally Fallon Morell & Hilda Labrada Gore Tatch 380 Mike Mutzel Paul Chek | All Is God Paleovalley - Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code 'JOSH' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Belcampo Meat Co - Save 15% on your first order with the code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Botanic Tonics - Save 20% with the code 'WELLNESS20' Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Dr. Michael Ruscio Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Pinterest   About Dr. Michael Ruscio Michael Ruscio, DC is a doctor, clinical researcher and best-selling author whose practical ideas on healing chronic illness have made him an influential voice in functional and alternative medicine. His research has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals and he speaks at integrative medical conferences across the globe. Dr. Ruscio's best-selling book, Healthy Gut, Healthy You, has paved the way for a ‘start with the gut' philosophy which has enabled doctors and patient to obtain improved outcomes with minimal expense and effort. He is leading the charge to make alternative medicine more affordable, effective and practical, through a pragmatic application of evidence-based therapies. Dr. Ruscio's ability to objectively analyze medical literature has made him a trusted voice of reason, a voice he shares on his top-rated podcast and website.   Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. A simple, powerful 21 minute morning system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well. Get Your Calm Mind + Immunity Building Guide  *6 science based morning practices guaranteed to give you more energy and less weight in 21 Minutes. *7 day guided B.R.E.A.T.H.E breathwork included.   More Top Episodes 226 Paul Chek: The Revolution Is Coming (3 Part Series) 131 Drew Manning: Emotional Fitness 129 Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies  183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet: Brain Science 196 Aubrey Marcus: Own The Day 103 Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat Best of The Best: The Top 10 Guests From over 200 Shows Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the #WellnessWarrior Community on Facebook Tweet us on Twitter: Send us a tweet Comment on the Facebook page Watch full interviews on YouTube

Trisha's guest this week is Josh Richmond, Founding Principal and President of Evergreen Medical Properties. We discuss how investing in healthcare properties is much more than just the numbers.  The long-term investment success of healthcare real estate property involves the long-term success of the healthcare companies and clinicians that occupy the property, and meeting their needs so they can successfully treat their patients.   In this episode, we talk about… [2:05] The story behind Evergreen Medical Properties [5:20] How Josh started his career in healthcare real estate [7:18] Targeted real estate investing and looking for numbers that make sense [12:24] Josh's ideal tenants [13:52] Physician ownership [15:28] Josh's favorite transaction stories [18:21] How the pandemic affected Josh's approach in his business [20:09] The business' sweet spot with acquisitions [21:18] Josh's outlook on the future of healthcare real estate [23:41] Josh's first job working in his stepfather's garage [24:22] If he was not in healthcare real estate, Josh would do something related to geology and forestry [25:25] What Josh reads and listens to for information and inspiration [26:41] Meditation as a form of self-care [28:22] Leaders rise in the right situations   Links to resources: Evergreen Medical Properties: https://www.evergreenmedicalproperties.com   Subscribe, rate and review: www.providerspropertiesandperformance.com   Schedule a healthcare real estate investment strategy consultation: https://docproperties.com/free-consultation-trisha-talbot/   About Trisha: WEBSITE: www.docproperties.com LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishatalbot/ Email inquiries to: info@docproperties.com

How do I adapt my shoreline to the capacity that the feminine energy that I love is asking for? Well, the only way that I can change the geography of my shoreline is by doing a rite of passage that will actually change my shoreline forever. - Josh Trent   Wellness Force Radio Episode 407 Wellness Force Media Founder, Josh Trent, joins host of The Art of Masculinity Podcast, Johnny Elsasser, to discuss how to adjust your shoreline through a Rites of Passage, the power of true brotherhood, and break down of the three stages of intelligence: gathering, applying, and embodying for greater emotional wisdom.   What is authoritative playfulness and why is it needed now more than ever in our world?     Join Johnny and Josh as they share practical tools for the masculine energy to build themselves up from the inside out.  Paleovalley's Apple Cider Vinegar Complex Save 15% on your order with the code ‘JOSH' at wellnessforce.com/paleovalley Introducing a powerful organic blend of apple cider vinegar and four more gut & health supportive superfoods. Paleovalley Apple Cider Vinegar Complex is a powerful aid to get organic apple cider vinegar into your body faster, easier, and without having to tolerate the taste. Their Apple Cider Vinegar Complex also contains four additional superfoods shown to support gut health, inflammation reduction, weight loss, and blood sugar stabilization. Unlike other similar products, they use all organic ingredients in order to avoid the pesticides and herbicides so prevalent in our food system today. They use gentle processing in an effort to preserve as many of the unique and fragile nutrients found in apple cider vinegar and these other four superfoods as possible.   Listen To Episode 407 As Josh Trent Uncovers:   [1:30] Vision Quest: Josh's Rite Of Passage The M21 Guide The Art of Masculinity | Episode 191: Change Your Shoreline with Josh Trent Johnny Elsasser Why masculinity, what it means to be a man, and even our relationships with either gender are evolving. Josh's journey to fatherhood and how expecting Novah has shaped his life. How and why many men abuse the beautiful gift and power of intimacy. What new 'terms' Josh is most excited about with his new role as a father and starting a family. 405 Tim Corcoran Josh's recent experience doing a 10-Day Vision Quest and what thoughts and emotions came up for him during that experience. Solocast | Vision Quest Part 1: Honoring Our Ancestors Solocast | Vision Quest Part 2: Touching Death 196 Aubrey Marcus  How Josh was introduced to Tim Corcoran by Aubrey Marcus and it was an immediate soul calling to do a Vision Quest. The power of a Rites Of Passage and why it's a vital part of entering adulthood. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette Breaking down what a true rite of passage actually is, how it changes the 'shoreline of your being' and how to complete one. The various types of Rites of Passages around the world and what Josh enjoyed the most about his experience doing a Native American based Vision Quest.   [8:30] True Brotherhood Why gangs and the military are the closest things we have to a 'Rites of Passage' in American culture and neither are very good for our wellbeing or psyche. Exploring why you cannot have true power or brotherhood from a place of violence and war; only from a place of peace. How these groups with dogmatic, controlling leaders begin to grow an infection of resentment within and it begins to unravel the brotherhood. The fact that the old school patriarchy was infected and has operated from that space for a millennia but we're now witnessing this positive shift away from that mentality. Why it's foolish to think that evil does not exist because in the world there are fear and love, chaos and order, dark and night...there are always opposing forces because all is God. Paul Chek | All Is God   [12:30] Authoritative Playfulness Why it's not real to believe in "good vibes only" but what is real is to have "authoritative playfulness." Breaking down what authoritative playfulness is and why it's what modern men need to cultivate. How authoritative playfulness gives men the skills to take care of themselves and their family against evil. The deep ego wounds we still carry with us from people being mistreated for thousands of years: greed, resentment, and betrayal. Why we have square thinking when we need to think in a circular way to live in our 360 world. Exploring why men are afraid of this new way of being in their masculine selves. Why our ego will fight any time our way of being is challenged with a new idea or with change. Holodynamics | Dr. Vernon Woolf 404 Jay Brown Dr. Vernon Woolf's work on holodynes and how beliefs are passed on to us from our past generations. Why, like technology, we must also always be evolving and challenging ourselves to grow.   [20:30] The Three Phases Of Intelligence What steps you can take to help the men in your life realize that they do need to get in touch with love and Spirit. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Unpacking the 'tipping point' we all face when we have experienced a way of being that is creating pain. Why we encounter the tipping point every single day and how we can show up by choosing to be aware of our reality and then decide how we will adapt and serve in that awareness. 086 Mark Divine Tools that help Josh be aware, show up, adapt, and serve including breathwork. How to show up as a better man by following the three phases of intelligence: gather, apply, and embody. How men can apply breathwork and greater awareness in their relationships to help them solve difficult moments especially when old programming is going on in your mind's background. 358 Dr. Belisa Vranich breathwork.io The power of breathwork and how taking a deep, vertical breath will help reset your nervous system. Why the biggest gift we can give to ourselves, our partner, and our space is asking for permission to learn so that we can become a better leader. How you can become a better leader for your team by asking members to help you understand any stress they're feeling if the energy is off at work.   [30:00] How Men Can Build Greater Emotional Intelligence Why true intelligence goes beyond just how smart you are or how you speak. How we can all gain greater emotional intelligence by taking very complex things, dropping into our heart, and speak with honest language. How Josh's M21 Guide with six practices will help you on your path to embody greater emotional and physical intelligence. What people can look forward to in starting a breathwork practice and the science behind how it helps shift the brain's chemistry. The biggest factors that cause people to be stuck in the sympathetic or "freeze" state: trauma (big or small). How you can get out of the sympathetic mode: hugging, nature, exercise, or conscious relationships but the no. 1 is the pulse of the breath. Why we become victims of intellectualization where we think that life has to be this crazy, hard complex obstacle but it's all programming. What if money was no object? by Alan Watts The power of being aware of what "masks" you are still wearing in your everyday life instead of showing up as your authentic self. Why sometimes fear wears a smile when we're all about "good vibes only" and putting on this front that everything is fine. Paleovalley - Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code 'JOSH' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Belcampo Meat Co - Save 20% on your first order with code 'WELLNESSFORCE' Botanic Tonics - Save 20% with the code 'WELLNESS20' breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community     Power Quotes From The Show How To Update Your Soul's Programming   "Why is it so hard when we're presented as men with a new way of being? It's so hard because we are fighting biology. Steven Pressfield calls it 'the resistance.' So, what is resistance's number one job? What is a holodyne's number one job? What is a core belief that got installed almost like a microchip in a computer; what is its core job? Its core job is to function without change. So, when I am presented with new information that goes against the construct of the programs that were installed in my mind that activate the holodynes and the beliefs and the way of being, there is going to be a system error, right? That is when your soul has to come in, see things from an observer perspective, and override the programming." - Josh Trent   The Tipping Point We Face Every Day   "We all have a tipping point that comes when we have experienced a way of being that is creating pain. We change through pleasure and pain; it's an axis and the reason that dark comes really strong right before light is because every day we're in a tipping point. Every single day you and I as men can choose to show up as authoritative playful leaders based on our environment and what we're aware of happening in it. How can you do this? First you have to choose that you want to be aware of what is actually going on in reality; not the subjective reality but the objective reality that you can see from 30,000 feet. After that, ask yourself, 'What is my decision making faculty about how I'm going to adapt and serve in that awareness?' "  - Josh Trent   What It Means To Be An Authoritative Playful Man     "Authoritative Playfulness is what men need to cultivate because if we can be authoritative and playful, that can be trusted. Authoritative means you take care of your body, you take care of your mental health; maybe you learn how to use firearms properly to protect you and your family, maybe you learn how to grow food. Maybe you learn all kinds of skills that can protect from a place of peace and love against evil because evil is real just like love is real. Evil is real because we are still at the consciousness level where we are still carrying out the wishes of evil and those come from greed, resentment, and betrayal which are all ego wounding.... ...They are still these deep, bloody ego wounds that we are uncovering from thousands of years of people being mistreated and honestly trying to be led from dogmatism. So, we get to be authoritative and we get to be playful because we have to have fun and we have to be loving. That's the art form of being authoritative playful and that's what us men have to embody today."     Links From Today's Show  The Art of Masculinity | Episode 191: Change Your Shoreline with Josh Trent 405 Tim Corcoran Solocast | Vision Quest Part 1: Honoring Our Ancestors Solocast | Vision Quest Part 2: Touching Death 196 Aubrey Marcus  King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette Paul Chek | All Is God Holodynamics | Dr. Vernon Woolf 404 Jay Brown The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 086 Mark Divine 358 Dr. Belisa Vranich What if money was no object? by Alan Watts Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community About Josh Trent Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media, host of the Wellness Force Podcast and the creator of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program. Josh has spent the past 18 years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world. The Wellness Force Mission  is to help humans heal mental, emotional and physical health through podcasts, programs, and a global community that believe in optimizing our potential to live life well. Josh's life is dedicated to supporting humanity coming together as one.   Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. A simple, powerful 21 minute morning system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well. Get Your Calm Mind + Immunity Building Guide  *6 science based morning practices guaranteed to give you more energy and less weight in 21 Minutes. *7 day guided B.R.E.A.T.H.E breathwork included.   More Top Episodes 226 Paul Chek: The Revolution Is Coming (3 Part Series) 131 Drew Manning: Emotional Fitness 129 Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies  183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet: Brain Science 196 Aubrey Marcus: Own The Day 103 Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat Best of The Best: The Top 10 Guests From over 200 Shows Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the #WellnessWarrior Community on Facebook Tweet us on Twitter: Send us a tweet Comment on the Facebook page Watch full interviews on YouTube

In this episode, I'm joined by Josh Mitchell, a Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of the book The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe to reflect on his observations in the higher education space and how the student crisis came to be. Listen in as Josh explains why the process of taking out a loan is more “opaque” than that of every other credit product and the disruptions that need to take place in order for the current system to change for the better — as well as the repercussions of these disruptions to the wider economy. In today's episode, you'll find out: How Josh was drawn to the student loan debt crisis Why student loans are unlike any other credit product Which is the bigger risk to the economy: the undergrad debt problem or the graduate school debt problem? What needs to change to mitigate the student debt crisis—and the consequences of these disruptions to the wider economy The future of lobbying for policy change in higher education Student loan reforms that would minimize or even eradicate inequality   Like the show? There are several ways you can help! Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts  Follow on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn   Feeling helpless when it comes to your student loans? Try our free student loan calculator Check out our refinancing bonuses we negotiated Book your custom student loan plan

Yes; you have a purpose for being here. There is a reason you took birth and you took form on planet Earth at this time in this year. If you're courageous enough, that can be discovered. Will it require you to face yourself? Yes. Will it be easy? Probably not. Will you have to face your traumas? Probably so. - Tim Corcoran    Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE at wellnessforce.com/CURED   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST*   Wellness Force Radio Episode 405 Founder of Purpose Mountain and Co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, Tim Corcoran, discusses how he guides people like Josh on their Vision Quests, the different rites of passage for each stage of life, how to honor our ancestral path, and the key differences between doing a Vision Quest and psychedelics or Ayahuasca. Are you on the quest to heal your past, do the inner work, and uncover your own unique path?    Discover how you can be a fully integrated human being again while facing all of the distractions of the modern world. CURED Nutrition Save 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE at wellnessforce.com/cured It's taken me over a year to find the right hemp and CBD company to introduce to the Wellness Force Community and I could not be more thrilled that it's CURED Nutrition! CURED Nutrition is a movement inspired by nature and grounded in a shared desire to leave a lasting impression on you, our community, and this world. Together, they're a collective of heart-centered human beings who are inviting you – the conscious creatives, dreamers, and healers – to join their family. Learn how CURED hemp and CBD products can enhance your daily wellness routine. Try Cured's Full Spectrum Raw Hemp Oil Today They're Colorado-based organically grown hemp products that have been engineered to transform your approach toward an elevated life. Tap into your inherent potential – your greatest mind-body alignment – and nourish it with the supplements you were designed to thrive on. A greater existence is waiting.   Listen To Episode 405 As Tim Corcoran Uncovers:   [1:30] What Is A Vision Quest? Save 15% on your Cured Nutrition order with the code 'WELLNESS' at wellnessforce.com/CURED Tim Corcoran Purpose Mountain Twin Eagles Wilderness School Solocast | Vision Quest Part 1: Honoring Our Ancestors Solocast | Vision Quest Part 2: Touching Death Tim's background and the work he does to lead people on vision quests and other meaningful wellness journeys at Twin Eagles Wilderness School. Why do people do a Vision Quest? How does one prepare for it? Different types of Vision Quests and how the are structured. Myths and truths about Vision Quests How many people are able to answer the question, "Why am I here?" after attending a Vision Quest. 196 Aubrey Marcus Why Josh decided to do a Vision Quest with the goal of clearing out generational pain and projections passed down to him from family. Who a Vision Quest is for and how to know if you are not quite ready for one yet. 032 Gay Hendricks What is the 'voice from soul' and how to listen to it. Tim's original life path studying computer science and the moment he knew a life in cubicles was not for him.   [15:30] The Work It Takes To Live Your Purpose Why living your purpose might not be easy; you may have to make sacrifices and work on it every day. The work you will have to do to grow in your purpose the moment you "plant its seed." Why, to quote Mark Twain, "The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you know why." How Mark is still working, 2 decades later, to continue to fulfill his Vision Quest. What struggles people are facing in our modern world when they decide to go on a Vision Quest. Why it's not common to see younger people do Vision Quests but often people in their thirties and forties facing midlife crises. Breaking down what a Rite of Passage is and what it means to Tim. Why Rites of Passage aren't just essential for the individual but to the community as well. The benefits of place based cultures to help younger generations discover their roles compared to living in our modern capitalistic world.   [29:30] Beauty & Power in Ceremony How we can practically use ceremony and traditions in our own communities and wellness tribes. Novah's Baby Blessing ceremony that Josh and Carrie held with close friends and family which included singing the same song, "Peace Like A River" Tim and Josh sung at the sweat lodge during the Vision Quest. 378 Dr. Michael Ruscio The powerful medicine in singing including how it improves our sleeping patterns. What ancient native practices can teach us about life now. Common cultural points he looks for in different tribes and what we can learn from them. Why there is so much powerful healing in crying that connect us all and we shouldn't be ashamed of our emotions. Redefining what it means to be a man and why it is so needed now in 2021.   [35:00] Rites Of Passage For Each Stage Of Life Why opening up and crying is so good for everyone. The incredible power of quality connecting with others that we experience even if you only see that person once or twice a year. Josh and Carrie's Baby Ceremony as a Rite of Passage for them as parents but also welcoming in the spirit of their child. The impact it has on children to not be held by their parents right away when they are born. Comparing the spiritual impact of hospital vs home births and holding spiritual ceremonies in the family space. How Spirit talks to us in omens, dreams, symbols, signs, and synchronicities. Taking a closer look at how our society has been built to disconnect us from self but also harvest and divide us. The fact that people are driven to a quest in the first place because they feel disconnected from self, soul, the earth, and the mystery of life. How we've been taught society's big lie: We are separate from nature. What happens to us when we physically disconnect ourselves from the earth and its wildness. The great void that has been in our hearts since we left Mother Nature for the modern lifestyles. Josh's experience during the 4-day fast and what Mother Nature wanted to teach him. What the Vision Quest gave Josh that Ayahuasca ceremonies couldn't provide him in the past. Why the medicine that the Vision Quest helped ground him in the earth. The importance of embodying and applying  what lessons you learn along the healing journey rather than sprinting from ceremony to ceremony.   [50:50] Vision Quests Vs. Ayahuasca and Psychedelics To Heal What it means to Tim to lead people on Vision Quests and hear the stories of participants like Josh. Unpacking the attachment theory and applying it to our relationship with the earth. Why we need to have a secure attachment to our soul in order to fully experience life. The power of realizing that first and foremost, our identity stems from this earth. What the first nights of the 4 day fast were like for Josh as he had the most frightening nightmares. The blending of the dream world and the waking world that people will experience as they reconnect with Mother Earth. How a Vision Quest is the ultimate shedding of distractions and intentionally shifting one's identity from the place of the ego to one's soul. Why some people can be more harmed and wounded after a psychedelic experience than they were before. The fact that there's a time and a place for healing ourselves with natural remedies but we also have to look at modern methods that fit our lifestyles today. How Josh's Vision Quest is shaping Wellness Force's rebranding  and mission in 2021. 312 Kevin Kelly What steps we can do to live consciously with technology while unlocking greater health and wellness.   [1:11:30] Honoring Our Ancestral Past Why many people see a Vision Quest as a Native American practice but it has been practiced cross culturally for centuries. His and Mark's hope to redefine the term Vision Quest to honor all cultures and our ancestors who have practiced it. How years of colonialism, capitalism have severed our connection to Mother Earth. Connecting our past and the moment in our ancestral history when our families immigrated in order to survive and live a better life. How Josh explored grief during this Vision Quest by asking himself what grief and sadness he was not allowing himself to feel. Why Josh and his partner, Carrie, have chosen the middle name, Mauro, for their son to honor Josh's grandfather and his ancestral heritage. Exploring the healing mechanism that happens when we honor our grief and sadness including that of our ancestors. Why the worst part of trauma is not the trauma itself but how we hold onto it and internalize it that we traumatize ourselves over and over. The intense grief that Tim felt when he realized that full community healing happens after 500 years.   [1:32:30] The Difference Between Pain & Suffering Why there are easier paths to learn from our pain but there is no quick fix. Breaking down why suffering = pain x resistance. Painful but power truths including "pain is inevitable" and "when we argue with reality, we're going to lose." The fact that you are not the only one going through pain and trauma; we all are experiencing that on one level of another. Exploring the positive side to pain if we are opening to hold and explore that. The negative beliefs passed down to Josh from his parents and how he internalized them until a Vision Quest helped him begin to let them go. Why 'hurt people' unknowlying hurt other people. Alan Watts | All Retch & No Vomit How to uncover your own spiritual courage during the inner work and which tools can support you on your journey. Why the earth will serve us when we serve it. The importance of giving yourself to the land and your community; not self-actualization. 255 Ted Ryce Paleovalley - Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code 'JOSH' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Botanic Tonics - Save 20% off with code 'WELLNESS20' breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community     Power Quotes From The Show Redefining Masculinity   "What does it mean to be a man? I define masculinity as emotional maturity in a very simple way: It's the ability to be aware of, accept, and express the full range of emotions that we have in a healthy way. In fact, that can be a reasonable definition for emotional intelligence in general for all genders. It can be hard to open up; we're still swimming in these waters of programmed behavior of hiding our feelings. But once we do begin to share, others feel more comfortable opening up as well." - Tim Corcoran   The Antidote To Unhealthy Desire   "What happens to us as human beings when we do physically disconnect ourselves from the earth and its wildness, and ourselves from our wildness? Then we start getting sick in body, we start losing our wellness, and our minds start to struggle. We start to have mental health issues that we never had before as we cut ourselves off emotionally and spiritually. Then we wonder why we struggle. Each year the machine just picks up more and more pace, more and more technology and it's like there's a great void in our hearts that came about when we first left our natural roots and the whole time we've been looking to fill that with things like a car or a job but it can never fill us up. We can never get enough of what we truly don't need. So, what is the antidote to desire? It's connection." - Tim Corcoran   Are You Ready For A Vision Quest?     "A Vision Quest is the ultimate shedding of distractions - whether it's tents, warmth, or Facebook likes, those are the trappings of the ego. Those things are what brings us safety, security, and comfort which are all allusions of the ego. A Vision Quest is the intentional process of shifting one's identity from the place of the ego to the place of one's soul. For that to happen, the ego has to loosen its grip during this shedding process and that isn't comfortable. That's why it's important for people have this honest calling and a certain courage to do a Vision Quest because they have to be ready to let go of the things that keep them comfortable. You will get uncomfortable during the process but that is a healthy thing because we live in a culture that worships the 'God of Comfort' and we lose our souls to it, maybe even our planet as a result." - Tim Corcoran     Links From Today's Show  Tim Corcoran 196 Aubrey Marcus 032 Gay Hendricks 378 Dr. Michael Ruscio 312 Kevin Kelly Alan Watts | All Retch & No Vomit 255 Ted Ryce Aubrey Marcus Podcast | #195 Humans and Nature with Tim Corcoran Paleovalley - Save 15% on your ACV Complex with the code 'JOSH' Drink LMNT – Zero Sugar Hydration: Get your free LMNT Sample Pack, you only cover the cost of shipping Botanic Tonics - Save 20% off with code 'WELLNESS20' Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Purpose Mountain Facebook Instagram Twitter Twin Eagles Wilderness School Facebook Instagram YouTube   About Tim Corcoran Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he serves as a certified Nature Based Purpose Guide to support people who hear the call from wild nature to discover their purpose, those with a burning desire to live their vision and a willingness to work with resistance and fears through the Ecology of Self and Voice Dialogue. Tim also serves as co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell, in Sandpoint, Idaho in 2005 dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection mentoring, cultural restoration, and inner tracking. Tim is a leader of men's groups and holistic rites of passage for males, guiding and initiating men and boys into the new paradigm of the mature masculine. Helping People Find Their Purpose Since 1999, Tim has dedicated his life towards consciously furthering this vision of living in balance with the Earth, community, family, self, spirit and soul. Healing the cultural rift between the mainstream and indigenous cultures, transformational consciousness work, the spiritual journey, ancestral work, deep nature connection, family and holistic health are all deep commitments in his life. Tim is a heart centered father of two brilliant boys and husband to a magnificent wife, and lives in pristine Sandpoint, Idaho.   Build Immunity. 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Scaling in multifamily can be challenging, but if done in the right ways, the sky is literally the limit. Today we sit with multifamily mogul Josh Cantwell, to talk about scaling strategically, and find out about his transition from transactional business into equity investments. Josh is the CEO of Freeland Ventures and a real estate coach with over 2200 cash-flowing apartments in his portfolio. To fathom how he got to this point, we go back to the beginning. Josh tells us that like so many before him, he never set out to become a real estate investor. Instead, he started out as a financial advisor who earned commission on products sold, yet a series of “aha” moments, Josh was eventually led into real estate. After defining the difference between transactional business and equity investing, Josh details his experiences as a lender and shares how he ultimately became a full-time owner-operator. With several years' worth of experience to his name, Josh shares how he and his team find, consider, and close new deals. Following this, listeners will benefit from Josh's helpful 200-door model which helps him price rent on his units. Before we thank Josh for his time, we ask him our famous final four questions. To find out what his most useful real estate investing tool is, his biggest mistakes in the industry, and what he needs to do to grow his life to the next level, be sure to tune in today!Key Points From This Episode:Welcoming today's guest, Josh Cantwell.We share a brief introduction about Josh.Josh tells us how he raises capital for private investors.Find out the difference between transactional investing and equity investing.Josh shares the aha moment which helped lead him to pursue a career in real estate.Hear about Josh's transition from transaction investing to equity investing.Josh expands on his transition from transaction investing to equity investing.We found out how Josh was able to scale so quickly.How Josh and his team find deals that are worth their while.Josh's thought process on the size of the property and shares the model which helps his team consider units. What Josh has learned about choosing the right debt.We ask Josh our final four questions.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate Facebook Group Free Call with Kyle or LalitaAPT Capital GroupJosh Cantwell on TwitterJosh Cantwell LinkedInFreeland Ventures Garzella Group RedIQ

Get a free Cleaning up your Mental Mess workbook when you sign up for my weekly newsletter at drleaf.com Early bird tickets on sale now for my 2021 Mental Health Retreat: https://www.drleafconference.com SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with Josh Harris, a former pastor and bestselling author who has dramatically shifted his views on purity culture. We discuss everything, from healthier ways to talk about sex and safety and the neuroscience of guilt and shame to the trauma of losing your “tribe” and the incredible power of recognizing your mistakes and changing your mind. Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/josh-harris OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -Amen Clinics: Visit amenclinics.com/drleaf and use the promo code DRLEAF10 to get 10% off your first evaluation. -Athletic Greens: To get one year free supply of vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your order see: athleticgreens.com/LEAF. -NED: Get 15% off your first order and free shipping visit helloned.com/drleaf or use the code DRLEAF at checkout. -Birch Mattresses: Get $200 off ALL mattresses and 2 free eco-rest pillows at Birchliving.com/drleaf. B PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS: 2:06, 13:15, 28:44 Why Josh Harris shifted his views on purity culture 3:00 Changing your mind and unlearning can be a good thing! 5:16 How Josh found the courage to speak out about his past mistakes and how he manages his regret 6:00 Why failure is a door to other worlds—it is the ultimate learning experience! 6:35 The power of listening to other people's stories 8:05 Why we need to step outside of our “tribe” 8:42 The dark side of religion 16:50 The pitfalls of always looking for certainty and safety 18:50 Why we should avoid black and white thinking 22:00 The science behind changing your mind 29:00 How to handle to loss of a “tribe” and community 31:30 The messy mind and the wise mind: how do they work together? 36:00, 56:30 Why fear shouldn't stop us from finding inner freedom 38:02 The power of taking responsibility for your actions 39:45 A healthier way to talk about sex and love with children 48:30 Shame, guilt and purity culture 54:40 How Josh manages his own mental health Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies: -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf

Listen To This Special Solocast as Josh Trent Uncovers: Psychoneuroimmunology: How our thoughts become things. What makes a thought true instead of being static and noise? How all of us, especially men, can be grateful for our feelings. The healing power of singing. How Josh healed his Father Wound and forgave his father. What happens when we don't allow ourselves to embrace and love all of our emotions; good or bad. Steps you can take to heal your porn or sex addiction. How Josh healed after a horrible Ayahuasca ceremony with the help of his friend and mentor, Paul Chek. A powerful prayer to help you if and when intrusive thoughts and emotions want to enter your inner sanctum. 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In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: - Lifetime access to BREATHE - Free upgrades to all future training modules - Free additional training modules - Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more - Private WF group access   Transcript From Vision Quest Part 2: Touching Death Josh Trent (00:11): Welcome back to Part Two of this very special Solocast. If you heard us on Part One, we honored our ancestors. If you haven't heard Part One, make sure you go back and listen to Part One. It'll give you perfect context for Part Two of this Solocast. This is where we talk about a concept of touching death. Touching death. When I was on the mountain, I had a direct message and the direct message was about our thoughts. You know, psychoneuroimmunology is how thoughts become things, but yet thoughts are like waves in the ocean. Thoughts come and go. They are unlimited and sometimes like unfathomable in size and texture and in message. So then what exactly is the thought? You know, when I did this four day water fast up on the mountain for the 10 day Native American Vision Quest, the bridge between reality, the bridge between the underworld, the creepy crawlies, the bugs, the animals, and here, the 3D reality becomes so very thin.   Josh Trent (01:15): So very thin. So I took in this message: What makes a thought true instead of a thought being static and noise? And how do I make truth about a signal instead of the noise? How do I disconnect from the quantum, the collective field of thoughts and how those thoughts becomes things? Well, I believe that the only thing that makes a thought true is my soul's attention poured into it. And on top of that, the emotions that I experience after I attach to that thought. Now this is huge: The only thing that makes any of our thoughts true is the attention that I pour into the thought. And then also the emotion that I experience after I attached to that thought. So that is for all of us, the understanding of what makes a thought true. And how do those thoughts completely control subconsciously how I show up in the world with my heart open or with my heart closed?   Josh Trent (02:15): So I can be thankful. And this is, this is the lesson that I want to share with you. I, we, all of us can be thankful, truly grateful for my feelings. Especially as men, we have been shamed into beliefs, like, "Suck it up, Pussy. Big boys don't cry." Which is honestly the abuse of the male psyche in this world. This connection to a belief that emotions should not be felt. Emotions need to be pushed down. Emotions are not to be shown, especially by men. It is actually the bane of our existence. It's the very thing that the feminine, if you identify as a heterosexual partner or however you identify, it is the very thing that the feminine wants from the masculine and that is to emote, to show emotions. So it's a beautiful gift, love and acceptance. Can I accept the thought? Can I love the thought?   Josh Trent (03:08): Can I ask the thought maybe if it's painful, maybe if it's pleasurable, whatever it is, can I turn to my thought and can I ask my thought, what are you here to teach me? What are you here to teach me? And that is the most potent medicine that any of us can ever receive in any ceremony. For me, it just happened to be in nature and nature always holds the keys. I'll never forget. I was laying on my back and I was chasing the sun around the mountain side in Northern Idaho. There was deep forest cover. The canopy is very thick and I was laying on my back on the second night and into the third morning. And I had this awareness. If I'm experiencing an emotion that I do not want to feel that my soul understands is not the path or not my life's choice, then that emotion, that feeling that energy in motion, which creates a feeling - that is actually the power of choice.   Josh Trent (04:06): That is the bridge between me being thankful and loving the thought or me trying to kick the thought's ass and get out of my head. You know, you can connect with this. How many times have you thought a thought and realized that your resistance to the thought, your hatred towards the thought, your lack of love, essentially towards the thought is the very thing that perpetuates that thought from hanging around and keeps that thought around. So this is the gift. If my soul, Josh Trent's soul decides which thoughts are real and which thoughts are not. And by real, I mean, whatever thoughts apply to my soul's purpose and my heart - well, that's the way that I can share my love with the world. And there was this song, this beautiful song, which brings out so much emotion in me, and it was, "Peace Like A River."   Josh Trent (04:55): And the song goes something like this that gave me so much soulless. We have forgotten how to sing in this lifetime. We have been disconnected from our singing voice and this song was my ultimate medicine. And the song goes, "I've got peace like a river. I've got peace like a river. I've got peace like a river in my soul." And I went on and I kept saying things like strength like a mountain, joy like fountain, love from Great Spirit over and over and over again. And out of nowhere, I picture the face of my father. I pictured the face of my father and I don't ever really think I've fully healed from the wounding. My Father Wound until I received this medicine from Mother Nature. Because in that moment with tears streaming down my face, I got to honor the deep sacrifices my father has made for myself and my brother. Growing up, all the money he made to take care of us and the energy that my father spent to provide for my brother.   Josh Trent (05:58): And I. So, to my father, I forgive you. And please forgive me for all the ways that I have not honored you and not being grateful for what you did. Really my projections, my anger for you came from the hurting the relationship I had been trying so hard with white knuckles to make you understand me, to make you love me in the way that I wanted you to love me the whole time. Just not loving and accepting you for who you are in the exact way you are. And this was the greatest gift that I want to share with you. Forgiving my father so that I can be empowered with the father inside myself. Daniel Trent, I forgive you. I forgive all the ways that you did the very best you could. And maybe sometimes they weren't enough and I send you love for your journey and let this be enough for all of us.   Josh Trent (06:50): with the Father Wound. All the ways that our fathers have wounded us, maybe abandoned us because they themselves felt wounded and abandoned. And this is the all retch and no vomit that Alan Watts talks about. We pass on this lineage, this wounding in our lineage as men by regurgitating the exact behaviors that hurt us. This is why hurt people, hurt people. So consider this to be a flag of peace. I put down my weapons. I forgive, forgive my own father. I forgive the father inside myself. We have peace you and I. No longer do I need my father to open his heart and listen, because we are both fathers now. And of course I want my father to be a part of my life and my son's life if he chooses. But the only path of true love is sharing the heart's wisdom without any expectation.   Josh Trent (07:49): So you are loved. And please forgive me for the way that I have acted towards you as a wounded child. And I love you. And this was profound because later that afternoon, as I watched all the bees and the trees and the bugs and how nature has this beautiful synergy, I just became so grateful for the peace in my heart. Because this broken lineage, this projection of wounding, this unawareness of self, it stops with me. It stops with the awareness that I have for what is true, the objective truth that we all do our best, including that time zone, where my father came from, where many of our fathers came from, where sharing your emotions was an act of weakness. And really what that does is it brings us closer to death. And on that night, on that third night in my dream, I felt the washing of my nervous system with peace.   Josh Trent (08:54): Now I can speak to the truth of this present moment to truly honor the truth of the past. I have to forgive. When I choose to forgive, and this is the lightness and the peace you hear in my voice. Thank you, Mother Nature. Thank you Mother Nature for your wisdom, this gift of awareness and the peace and power you have given me washing my blood and my nervous system with the truth. A ho Great Spirit. Now, so I have a wellness podcast and hatred, resentment, bitterness is the poison that makes me feel unwell. And currently in my life at this Vision Quest, I came to this radical cul de sac of awareness, where I am experiencing unwellness. I had to get sick from the system itself. I had to get sick from society itself so that I know what it truly feels like to be a human in our world.   Josh Trent (09:45): And I definitely became sick, pushing the throttle down all the way to the floor. Looking back if I could have trusted Great Spirit and been in dialogue with our Mother Earth. I wonder, I just wonder, could I have achieved a level of success without sacrificing my health? This is how I choose to move forward. I finally know now what the discovery of loving awareness truly is. It's not some social media meme or something Ram Dass or Rumi once said. Loving awareness truly is observing all that is. The joy, the hate, the fear, the ecstasy, shame, guilt, sadness, - all of it. All the colors in the palette of emotions and experiences that we as human beings witness. And I feel that I have unlocked one of these secret keys that I want to share with you and this is to truly capital T to truly observe, to observe in truth.   Josh Trent (10:35): Knowing that all emotions, feelings, thoughts, and beliefs, they are rising to the surface to be loved. And I know it sounds reductionist. But all there is is love. And the truth is God is love. Even the word evil, which is love, right? Evil is love because evil is live spelled backwards, which Paul Chek and Dr. Vernon Woolf have shared. So even the evil in my life that I have experienced within myself and others is love because evil backwards is to live. I experienced so much sadness that day in this washing and this letting go of forgiveness, because when you rip a tree out of the ground, whether it's emotional, physical, or spiritual, some of the roots are going to break. I had to go through all the porn scenes that I had watched, all the women that I had sex with that I didn't love and sit down young Josh at 13, the one that was screaming at me to stop and next to him, next to him was my son, Novah.   Josh Trent (11:37): And I turned to him and I said, when you're angry, let yourself be angry. When you hold onto your anger or your resentment, it's like heating up water on the stove. When you boil water on the stove, it will bubble, but the bubbles have to rise and pop and come out. Now you may not know young Josh and young Novah -when these bubbles are coming out, you may be with friends or family or even playing. So it's very important that you allow yourself to feel your anger and you know what, your anger is always safe with me. Your anger is always welcome here, because what happens with unchecked anger, that you will be angry with people. And you don't know why, because that anger is really subconsciously wanting to express itself. But if you don't allow yourself to feel it, and this is the key, this is the lesson.   Josh Trent (12:24): When we do not experience the permission to feel our anger, that anger comes out sideways towards others, that we care about, that we really don't want to hurt, but we do because of unchecked anger, because it's so uncomfortable to feel. And on this third night, I see life through a new lens with forgiveness, for self, with the letting go of resentment. With the understanding that we are all victims of intellectualization, which is another Solocast that I actually recorded up on the mountain. After the quest, feeling into this prayer for really disempowerment. For many years, I had been curious and even neurotic at times, if I had been like sexually abused as a child, and I asked Great Spirit, you know, with all this forgiveness and all the pain that I 'd gone through with an open heart, you know, has it ever happened? Have I ever been sexually abused?   Josh Trent (13:19): And in the stillness, this was the gift. I was able to see that my question actually came from me trying to hide from the responsibility of my life choices. In other words, shame and blame. As a reason for my pain and misfortune, I went through a full inventory of everything I'd done and Great Spirit said to me, "It is yours, no others." And I flashed to my early porn memories connecting the dots when pornography first entered my life via VHS and DVDs and internet starting at about 13 years old. And I turned to my young self and my son in the forest as the sun was setting. And I said, your sex energy is your fire. Never let anyone steal your fire only ever choose to give your fire to people that you love and that you want to share your life with because when it comes to sex energy, if you're using pornography, if you're using your sex energy to divide and conquer, then you are disassociated from self.   Josh Trent (14:22): That is where addiction truly comes from. And this is for all of us a lesson when it comes to sex energy. Here's how, you know, if you're using pornography too much, or if it's become a tool of disassociation and addiction, if the real thing, if, if a man having sex with a woman, if it scares you and you find comfort in the fake in the screen, well you know that you are now in a path of disassociation and potential addiction? So the wisdom of the heart is really what is all calling us forward. Life in the 3D world seems to be this consistent reminder for all of us to slow down in order to hear the wisdom of the heart. And sometimes the wisdom of the heart points to the masks that wear and the biggest mask that I wear, the biggest mask that I wear is having to have everything all together, having to have the perfect thing to say at the right time and have all my shit together.   Josh Trent (15:20): And it's just all. bullshit It's not reality. We never have to be perfect. We never have to have the perfect thing to say. And that is a massive gift for all of us to look at the masks that we wear and really being ourselves, unlocking, being ourselves in a current moment. Can we just let that be enough? That is the path to be yourself in every current moment and not feel that you have to be perfect; have it all together. There is forgiveness there. There is peace there. And when there is peace, power can be trusted. That is the ultimate lesson when it comes to peace, because we are all searching for peace inside self. Yet people try to find peace by first getting power, but you cannot have power as the precursor to peace. It works the other way around. So where do these thoughts come from?   Josh Trent (16:13): All these thoughts that I've been sharing with you and all these thoughts that we experienced? Well, if I had to make an intelligent observation, I believe that thoughts come from a culminated library of my own experiences, things that I've seen, things that I've thought before, and also the collective field, the quantum, where there might just be thoughts, emanating around vibrationally electronically, literally. And then I also think in some experiences when there's the piercing of the 3D world by the four and sometimes extraterrestrial five. I do believe different beings come in and implant thoughts into people. So how do we make sense of this? How do we make sense of why thoughts are there and how do we learn how to love the thought? I want to share this that was given to me by a mentor and a friend, Paul Chek. When I received an entity after a terrible Ayahuasca session, that took me almost 18 months to clear the beginning of my healing came with this prayer:   Josh Trent (17:04): So for any of us, if you ever have a thought that is intrusive, say this prayer. By the power of God invested in me. If you are not here to teach me something, to teach me how to get closer to love, then I ask you to leave right now. And I send you love for the journey. You are not allowed in my inner sanctum. And if you try to force yourself in my inner sanctum, you will be stuck in purgatory forever. I do not fear you. And I ask you to leave. And this is the key I send you love for the journey. Now be gone. Feel the peace in that, feel the peace in not fighting or being angry at your thought, turning to your thought. Or as Dr. Vernon Woolf says your holodome, and giving it the permission to let go. These thoughts that come just like high, low pressure...sodium, potassium...chaos and order. Chaos is always seeking   Josh Trent (17:55): order. Fear is always seeking love, thoughts that cause constriction, they are guideposts. They are guideposts to what is needed. And what is being called for attention in our psych. And two years ago, Paul said to me in his home that came so viscerally when I was on the mountain. And it really wells up a knot in my throat right now with my son on the way, he said, "Once I learned how to parent the child inside of me, the universe will put one in my arms." And I'm just so grateful. I'm so grateful because the ego is not the enemy. The ego is the amigo. With inside of the ego, There is deep wounding calling to be healed from both my life and maybe the lives and sins of my father and grandfather that came before me. And so as I touch death, I can have acceptance and really joy for the pain.   Josh Trent (18:51): Now, this sounds crazy, but just level with me for a moment. Pain, without a teacher yields a lack of patience, but pain with a teacher yields resilience. And that is the kind of resilience that can be trusted because it is earned wisdom. And I flashed, and I had this deep understanding of why the body carries extra weight, why my body has been carrying extra weight. And that is because of shame, guilt, anger, and trauma. And this is big. Anger - Only anger sure can be washed away by the healing of nature in Great Spirit, a reconnection to nature and the power of God, where there is no anger in this spaciousness, but unprocessed and dealt with anger is the biggest cause a fat storage in the body in the entire universe. And this became radically clear to me, what am I really talking about here?   Josh Trent (19:43): What am I angry about? I was angry about life in this world that we live in, why we die, having anger that we die, but here's the reality. We are all going to die. And there is so much peace in that. There is peace in the understanding that life is finite. We are infinite beings, but the life we chose to live here is finite. And so if you have a 24/7, 365 unprocessed trauma that lingers in the background of your subconscious mind, maybe you have a lifetime of guilt about a person you heard, or what could have been, or what should have been, or maybe you have trauma. That's very deep, maybe it's sexual or physical or emotional trauma, and you're working on it. This is also the time that the body can put on extra weight because trauma is coming up and it is fueled to be burned and away.   Josh Trent (20:36): And so these are all pain teachers. Anger, shame, guilt, and trauma, all of these things, which I unpack very in-depth on the victim of intellectualization Solocast. Pain without a teacher yields a lack of patience, but pain with a teacher yields resilience. And that is resilience. That can be trusted. So when the pain arrives, turn to the pain, ask the pain, what are you here to teach me? What are you here to teach me and then go right to it. Because in that situation, you can really understand and embody the resilience that life is calling you to bring. And that is the lesson that is the ultimate lesson of this Vision Quest, to understand the anger, shame, guilt, and trauma, they all feed the fire of not being loved. Fear of being broke, fear of being hurt, fear of being wrong. Fear of fill in the blank, but what does fear want?   Josh Trent (21:30): Fear wants love. Fear always wants love. Look at the laws of science and the laws of nature and gravity and high, low pressure, and understand that shame and guilt and trauma and anger they simply want love. And so, as we close, which there'll be many more Solocasts, maybe, maybe a few more honestly, because the wisdom is still going to come. As we close, let's feel the anger about what maybe the collective is feeling; the mask, wearing the COVID because below that anger it's sadness, the sadness of how could you, why did you, how could this be? Why God, why? Below the anger and sadness, sometimes sadness has to be woken up by anger. And so we do here, our work on planet earth and these physical bodies in these 3D realms. And we do our loving best to share our true experiences for one another and have the courage, to be honest with one another. Aho Great Spirit.   Josh Trent (22:30): Thank you for my reconnection to our Great Mother and for welcoming me back home. Great Spirit, please forge me in all of us like a tool so that we may do your bidding in this world and that we may have peace. I am weld with emotion after the quest. And if this resonates with you, you can DM me on Instagram. You can reach out to me in many ways. There's a contact form on the website. I am in service to love, present in self-evident truth and at home grounded in nature with space for myself, family, community, and the world to take part in my trustworthy guidance. Let this be enough, let this be enough today that we can all take solace in the words of Rumi, "Beyond right and wrong, there is a field and I will meet you there."   Josh Trent (23:25): If you enjoyed this Solocast, this is a recording. One week when I returned home from the quest with my group of seven and our four guides, Alia, Hayden, Mark, and Tim enjoy this as a reflection of truth that is current the first, second, third, and fourth week on my return home, please enjoy this recording with my group. A ho. Wow! Welcome back to the matrix. That's been my integration. How has it been going? How has my integration process been going? I would say overall from many of the different, I guess you could describe them as ego stripping experiences. This one by far had the most realness when I came home and it's a testament to when I crossed the threshold, as the, I guess, showed up in the monkey in Tim's dream. Uh, there was a part of my young boy inside of me that really needed this medicine.   Josh Trent (24:31): And as I've come home, I've been talking slower. I haven't been in a hurry to wow people. I've really seen like the layers of my psychological onion be fucking peeled when I came back home. And a big part of that was just really feeling safe and secure and loved and whole in my body. And I know that my physical health isn't perfect right now, but it feels damn good to come from a place where I'm being healthy, not from scarcity, not from like, oh my God, it's an emergency blah, blah, blah, but just really loving myself and being healthy from that place. And it, and it really rocked my world, you guys, cause I didn't think about this. I didn't feel this until I got home and I'm sure it'll unfold for a long time, but there was this point a couple of days, I was...We have a trail here and I was walking in nature and I had this little sit spot on a rock and it overlooks the stream and I was sitting there and I was like, it flashed me back to a fucking moment   Josh Trent (25:33): I had, when I was a personal trainer. When I went into personal training, I wanted to make my body look good so that I could like be with the feminine and look cool. And like all these things that I think a young undeveloped 25 year old man does, and I was sitting on a rock and I was like, "Oh my God, this is what I've been wanting the whole time to actually be well and be healthy and love myself from a place of calmness instead of using health and my outward appearance as a way to look cool and be accepted and receive love from other people." Like coming home to the fucking realness is really what it felt like. And it felt really good. And so I'm excited about that. And then wouldn't, you know, it, when I came home, you know, I had shared with y'all that, that I had quote, "hypothyroid," well, I'm doing a podcast and I'm meeting with this functional medicine doctor and he's like, "Josh, you don't have hypothyroid.   Josh Trent (26:27): "That was a misdiagnosis. That was actually somebody trying to sell you a bunch of bullshit." And I'm like, "Oh my God, this is exactly what Hayden said where he was like, 'Dude, in your share, you had to get sick. You had to go on this quest for wellness to feel unwellness in your body. And you had to go into the matrix into the system, into the belly of the beast,' so that I would feel what it's like to be sick from the system itself and be masqueraded and have, and have things presented to me as truth when they're really not true because the truth is that health comes from self love. Wellness comes from me, loving myself. Like period. End of story. And there's no esoteric babble that needs to go along with that. It's just, it is what it is.   Josh Trent (27:13): Like wellness comes from loving myself and from being a loving human being to other people and to the degree that I'm, uh, angry or judging or projecting my bullshit onto other people, well that creates an unwellness and dis-ease in myself and I've heard this shit a thousand times, but something clicked from this quest where I was able to sit with myself and really feel what the hell that even means and what the reality of that even means, because it's so easy for me to get caught up. I have all these books and I have all these interviews and I was feeling this on the quest. I became a victim of intellectualization, a victim of my own intellectual mind, where I had heard Hawkins in 'Power vs Force' and in 'Letting Go' talk about the space between the head and the heart. But something really clicked when I came home and I was like, oh my God, like this, this is everything. And so my work, my path and my integration of this, this quest is to bring the quest home, to be in nature, to pray to our Mother and to connect with her and to honor her, I've been picking up trash when I go on walks with my lady and she was so stoked yesterday, she was like, "I love you coming back from this quest,' she's like, "I love the Mountain Man."   Josh Trent (28:28): I love the mountain man. And so she, she was like, I'm really proud of you. And it's, it's been beautiful in our relationship. You know, it's been really, it's been really beautiful because she's noticing the difference in me where before, when I went out there, like, you know, I'm not going to lie. Like when I came back, there was the culture shock. I mean, holy shit, there was a massive culture shock because I came from like deep nature and just laying with bugs and being in the dirt and like feeling the joy of sunrise. And then I am wearing a mask in the airport and I had this moment, you guys like it really like, it's quite emotional. This woman was playing with her child and she had a mask on and I just, I, in the airports, I take my mask off, you know, it's not a 'Fuck you,' it's not an anger thing.   Josh Trent (29:17): It's just like, come tell me to wear it and I'll put it on. So that's how I roll. And I had my mask off and I had my mask off the entire time and I'm sitting there and I'm talking to this woman about her baby. And I told her my son's coming. And she was like, "Oh, it's so beautiful." She's like, "I wish I could take my mask off and play with my child." And I just calmly took a breath. And I looked right at her and I said, "You can take it off right now. You don't have to wear this." And it was almost like she double clutched emotionally. She was like, is he right? Can I take it off or? And I realized, oh my God, like this, this is what the world needs. And this is what I shared to everyone.   Josh Trent (29:54): And this is what the gift of, of reality that spirit gave me. And that is when it comes to creating change in the world and in, in creating loving change, less anger, more truth. And it's exactly what I shared in our circle. Less anger, more truth. That was the message that spirit gave me when it comes to mask wearing and psychological control and COVID and manipulation, less anger, more truth in the same thing, mirrored in a conversation with my brother yesterday, where he was going off and off and off about all the crazy stuff that's happening in the world. And I was like, well, what if we held them both at the same time? What if we held the dark and the light at the same time? And we said, okay, we're not going to bypass this. We're going to feel into it, but we're also going to present solutions based on love.   Josh Trent (30:38): And instead of focusing on, "DON'T WEAR A MASK!" It's like, "Hey, here's how you can trust your immune system. Here's how you can build your immune system. Here's how you can be healthy in your own body, in your own psyche." That's the direction I want to go in. And I realized I became to go full circle. My integration, my culture shock is just the reality that I had become a victim of my own intellectualization, where I would intellectualize everything to death. I just intellectualize everything to death. So, um, I've been feeling it all. I've been feeling. I've been feeling the deep sadness, feeling the pain. And when I looked into that mother's eyes in the airport, just how controlled she is. And she's just a mirror of the millions of people in our country that are being controlled. And it makes me, honestly, you guys, it makes me want to go out with a spear like our ancestors did and just start stabbing people.   Josh Trent (31:27): It makes me want to go to war and that's not gonna, that's not gonna do anything. It's not going to do anything. You know, if it comes down to that in the future, I'm sure we'll all be on the front lines together, but, but it's not, I think we're in a different kind of war. I think we're in a war of consciousness where, you know, my grandfather went to World War II and he actually had to kill people. You know,...Can you guys imagine what that would feel like? I mean, I just, can you imagine what it would feel like to have to kill people to be free? How crazy that would be? So just feeling into that and we don't have to do that. Like we can choose something we can, we can fight or what we believe in from love, not from violence and not from anger.   Josh Trent (32:15): and just feeling into all that you guys, you know, just feeling into the, the real nobility and the real power in being at peace is one of the things I wrote to Tim and Mark before we started as like, "Hey," he was like, "I, you know, I'm going out here for my birthday. Like may peace and power would be the result." That was my quick mantra, my prayer, I just want, I want peace and I want power because cause that can be trusted. And so, um, that's the meaning of the making, um, mystery has been talking to me in dreams profoundly. So, and I guess there's, there's a part of my heart. That's honestly missing, sounds crazy missing the darkness and missing being out there. And just knowing that every year I will be doing this from now on, because talk about the ultimate spiritual check-in, we'll talk about the ultimate check-in for who you are.   Josh Trent (33:07): I think as far as support, I could use support in sharing the podcast, you know. If these messages align and when one of the things is having shorter episodes, like five, 10, 15 minute episodes that are easier for people to listen to that don't take an hour of people's time and still delivering potent medicine in that short time. So I can request support on that. My experience of the Vision Quest woven has woven its way into my day-to-day life. Um, it's been really strong in my connection to nature and just loving where I live. It could definitely be stronger in the fact where I had this vision of like taking my son out, you know, those baby carriers, I think they're called like baby bjorn or something. So taking my son out and I had this vision of having a guide, teach us how to live from the land, like, you know, which plants are safe and which plants are not. And here's how you do the fire like Jesse did, and just really want wanting that here. So trying to find someone here in Austin, where we can learn about how to live off the land, you know, how to survive basically.   Josh Trent (34:18): So that's it, I'm feeling all the things you guys I'm feeling all the emotions that are in the dark bucket and I'm feeling all the emotions that are in the delight bucket too. And just kind of like, whoa, it's been, it's been intense. Um, I've been living to my commitments and I haven't, I haven't felt the call to have the conversation of healing with my father yet because the father in me is like, it's not time. It's not time. So what's beautiful is that I did the healing with him up there on the hill. 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Listen To This Special Solocast as Josh Trent Uncovers:   Why he decided to go on a Vision Quest. What happens during a Vision Quest. Why we fear death and why Josh no longer does after this experience. Our connection with Mother Nature as we are part of the earth. How to let go of fear; especially the fear propaganda we've seen over the last year. Healing Josh received during the first 2 nights of his 4-day water fast experience. How Josh connected with his inner child to offer it forgiveness and love. Struggles that Josh has faced since his youth and have impacted him over the years. 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In this special (limited time) offer, you will receive: - Lifetime access to BREATHE - Free upgrades to all future training modules - Free additional training modules - Special VIP coupons for safe vape, essential oils, CBD, nootropics and more - Private WF group access   Transcript From Vision Quest Part 1: Touching Death Josh Trent (00:00): This is Josh Trent. This is a very special solocast. This solocast is about honoring our ancestors, where I've come from, where you've come from, the Spirit, the Great Spirit that guides all things. And the mother, the Mother Earth, who has supported us from Day One. You know, this solocast was probably the most requested solocast I've ever received. I probably had more people that direct messaged me and texted me and said, “We want to know, Josh. We want to know what was it like after you did a 10 day traditional Native American Vision Quest.” And I am here to say that I have touched death with two hands. I have touched death with two hands and I'm back. I am back from the great beyond and my 41st birthday. I have lessons and light that I'm ripe with this heart that is beating in my chest ever since I took my first, my first breath out of my mother, Mary, my heart has cracked wide open and the river of emotions I feel after 10 days in deep nature in north Idaho, 20 minutes, north of Priest River, Idaho, the emotions I feel for humanity and for our Great Mother are unsurpassed in all of the potent medicine that I have ever received. Josh Trent (01:29): The overwhelming message was that you and I, we can choose to live at the pace of nature, or we can choose to die trying to fight her and just let that land because one of the things that Tim Corcoran and Mark Tollefson, my two guides, at Purpose Mountain that guided us - all seven of us. I went with seven people to this Native American Vision Quest, which I'm going to unpack. I'm going to inspire you with my story with this incredible story where I got to touch death with two hands. One of the things that Tim and Mark talk about in the Quest is that you are held by the Great Mother and just feel into that when you're held by the Great Mother you're never lost. And one of the things that we can all do, if you're ever lost, if you're ever feeling like life has kicked you and a relationship has ended, your job has plummeted.   Josh Trent (02:29): A friendship has gone up in flames. If you are ever lost, if we are ever lost, take your deep breath and stop. That isn't in wildlife. And in search and rescue, there was a phrase that many trackers go by, and that is, If you are lost in the forest stop, because someone is trying to find you. And how is that a beautiful metaphor for how we live our life and how we have our relationships when we are lost, stop, just stop. And that is the one great gift that we all can receive from a 10 - day Native American Vision Quest. But when you stop, you have to be prepared. You have to be prepared to feel all the feelings that were below the surface that are poking through that you didn't want to feel that were uncomfortable. And that's okay because in the stillness, there is wisdom.     Josh Trent (03:32): There is wisdom in the sadness. There is wisdom in the fear. There is wisdom in the anger and below the fear there is really just love. After coming back from these 10 days, which I'm going to share. I promise I'm going to share. I truly no longer fear death at 41 years old on my 41st birthday. And now just two weeks since I've been back, I do not fear death anymore, but there is a deep sadness because below the fear below the veil of that fear is really just a garden of sadness, rich with the seeds of truth, the truth of sadness that one day I, you, we will no longer be able to practice our gratitude to be in gratitude for the gift of growing and fulfilling my purpose right here with Wellness Force to love and be of service and have kindness for my family, community, Great Spirit and Mother Earth, you know, being angry that we die.     Josh Trent (04:28): This is another gift from the Quest: being angry that we die comes from the egoic grasp of self-righteousness. Feel into that. When you are angry at the mystery, when you are angry at Great Spirit, when you are angry at nature, how egoic, how much hubris are you sitting on a golden seat on, on a cloud of hubris. Being grateful before we die is actually the gift because we're not making it out of here alive, my friend, We're all going to the great beyond and being grateful before we die, this is what yields a life worth living, where we can truly live while we honor the great mystery. We are all from the earth, not on the earth and we are all home. To begin the story, there is a beautiful saying in prayer that comes from the language and the tradition of the Lakota people.     Josh Trent (05:22): And it is, “All are related, are all my relations.” And it's a wonderful reminder of our interconnectedness here on earth and of the Spirit within all beings. I'm inspired by Nancy Windheart - to her phrase of all my relations. I honor you in this circle of life with me today. I am grateful for this opportunity to acknowledge you in this prayer, to the Creator for the ultimate gift of life. I thank you to the mineral nation that is built and maintained my bones and all foundations of life experience. I thank you to the Plant Nation that sustains my organs and body and gives me healing herbs for sickness. I thank you to the Animal Nation that feeds me from your own flesh and offers your loyal companionship in this walk of life. I thank you and to the Human Nation that shares my path as a soul upon the sacred wheel of earthly life,     Josh Trent (06:20): I thank you. To the Spirit Nation that guides me invisibly through the ups and downs of life and carrying the torch of light throughout the ages, I thank you. To the four winds of change and growth, I thank you. You are my relations, my relatives. Without them, who I would not live. We are in this circle of life together, coexisting, codependent, co-creating our destiny. One, not more important than the other one nation evolving from the other, and yet each dependent upon the one and above and the one below. All of us are a part of this great mystery. And I thank you, God, I thank you Great Mystery for this life. And you can feel the tears in my voice because when I flew out on my 41st birthday, I started my Vision Quest at the Austin airport. And it was my birthday and I had my mask off and a woman ran up to me with a fairly large, protruding, obese stomach with two masks on her face and a large 64 ounce soda in her hand, screaming at me saying,     Josh Trent (07:28): “Sir, sir, sir…You need to wear your mask.” And I just simply turned to her, on my birthday, and I said, “You're okay. It's okay.” And I could see the fear in her eyes, and I can see the fear in so many of our eyes, not just when we're out in public and we see a reflection of self and of love and others. But when we look in the mirror, because I know that any person that I come in contact with and right there on Day Number One, I was given a beautiful gift to beautiful truths. And that is, No one is coming to save you. And that's the great news because you can choose to save yourself. And number two, no one is inherently out to get you; the majority of the fabrication of the egoic mind, the mind that doesn't want you to feel it doesn't want you to try hard and not get there.     Josh Trent (08:21): It doesn't want you to open up to a lover or yourself or your community and be vulnerable people because you've been hurt before. Well, these two truths are self-evident and of course in special situations, use your intuition. Sometimes someone is out to get you, but overall, overall, no, when you are in rational and irrational fear, when your mind is making up stories, that's a rational fear. And that was the first gift, you know, before any ceremony, it has been said that the moment ceremony starts is when you accept the invitation. And that is what happened for me. The very moment I arrived at the Austin airport on Day One, actually it was Day Zero. I didn't even gone to Idaho yet. I was already given a gift, a gift of these two truths that no one is coming to save me and no one is inherently out to get me. And so I had to put on the mask to fly on the airplane so that I could go receive my medicine. And I felt a well of anger in me, which I'll touch on later. That well of anger is really just sadness. And if we really feel into this, our society is sick. Krishnamurti says, “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”     Josh Trent (09:37): And how is this not the most radical objective truth you could ever hear? So, there I am on the plane feeling into this sickness, the sickness, not just of society, but if I'm being honest, which from this moment forward, I am, and I've always done my best. But from this moment forward, my heart is cracked wide open because I had to take an inventory, not just in the Quest, not just out there in nature with no flashlight, no tent, no knife, no fire, just myself, my breath, my thoughts, a tarp for the rain and the sleeping bag and pad. But I had to take an inventory on that plane. And the inventory said, when did I let go of the wonder? When did I let go of the wonder of life? When did I stop singing? When did I stop dancing? When did I stop telling stories?     Josh Trent (10:28): And when did I stop honoring the mystery of life again, Mark and Tim, the Vision Guides said, “Whenever someone's lost in the forest, they must stop. They simply must stop because that is how you will be found.” We all need to stop and slow down and pay attention, put down the phone and head out to nature. This is not a passive drug induced hippy prayer. This is the wish of God, of Great Spirit and our Mother Earth who are watching us destroy the sacredness of community, the sacredness of family, the sacredness of earth with our ego and humorous. We think we know so much better than the energy that created us. Look at how self-righteous we have become. And this is the story. This is the beginning of this story. I arrive at camp with all of these thoughts, going through my mind, the radical realizations, not just on the plane and in the airport, but in the car ride, going out to Priest River, which is a two-hour drive from Spokane, Washington.     Josh Trent (11:27): And on the ride out there, I'm with my friend, Julie, who picked me up and took me to the camp. And I started to already feel the ceremony come through. First night, we get introduced to Tim and Mark and Ollie and Hayden, our guides, our co-guides. First night, radical, radical dreams. And this is what you will find when you are called to a 10-day Native American Vision Quest. The structure of the Native American Quest is that for three days, you do a deep soul in inventory. Really. It's a deep soul inventory. You uncover all the ways of being that have been not loving. And this is confronting; you take an inventory of how you've showed up for those you love when you've abandoned yourself. When you felt something in your egoic self, and use that to override your animal, self, your heart self, your true self, your loving self.     Josh Trent (12:24): And what came through for me was just this unchecked responsibility and poor management of my stress because I have been white knuckling. And I know you may feel me. If you are like this, are you the kind of person that white knuckles, because you will get what you want at all costs. Well, that's been me too, and I will never forget this moment around the fire in those first three days, really looking at the flames on my hand and my body and knowing that I am an infinite being who chose to be here and a finite existence. And that first night rocked my world because I knew that I was going to get deep healing on that mountain. And my inner young man was calling me. And so, in this Native American Quest, the first three days are ego unraveling and exercises and journaling, and really being with all the parts of yourself, you know, (Carl) Jung talks about the shadow and in all of us is a shadow, a shadow filled with demons, but guess what?     Josh Trent (13:27): Those demons just want love. And this is the ultimate gift of the Vision Quest, because when you go after those first three days and you walk out into nature, I will never forget going up to the campsite at first light woken up by wolves, howling at it. Must've been 4:45 in the morning. I mean, you could barely see the crack of light over the horizon. And I'm in my little tent. And I just hear these wolves screaming cause they had gotten a fresh kill on the very first day of our four day process, where we went out into nature. After we had selected our site after we had been stripped down after we had done our sweat lodges, where you sweat to the point where you didn't even know your body could sweat that much, the singing, the prayer, the asking for forgiveness. And this is really what we are all wanting.     Josh Trent (14:20): We want to forgive ourselves. We want God and Great Spirit and our mother, our Great Mother to forgive us. And this is the peace that we're all seeking. And that is the peace that I was awoken by, by animals in nature that get their kill because after the kill there is peace. And after there are certain parts of the older self that are killed, there is peace. And I felt that peace, but I also felt that terror way deep in my heart, there is nothing like waking up to wolves on a fresh kill in nature. As the sun barely cracks the horizon to put the fear of God in your soul. And as I walked up to the group and the fire and I crossed the threshold, walking deep into nature, about 30 minutes away from camp and camp had no cell service. I drew a box with sticks as I arrived to my site at the bottom of the hill and I placed my first stick vertically in that box.     Josh Trent (15:18): And I knew, I knew that that was the beginning of something where I would never be the same. And in that first night I had radical, radical sex nightmares. It actually, it actually started in the morning because you go out at first light on Day One. So the first three days was ego stripping and really ego inventory, soul inventory. Then there's four days. And when you go out for those four days on a traditional Quest, you have cold weather clothes, a sleeping mat, a tarp, and a sleeping bag and four gallons of water. That's it. So we're talking about no fire, no tent, no knife, no flashlight. You have to learn to befriend the dark. And that very first night I made it -  really wells me up with emotion, just feeling it. Now I went out in the morning at first light and I was exhausted.     Josh Trent (16:15): I hadn't slept the night before. I was nervous about being out in nature - cold with no food for four days and only water, no one to talk to; just myself. And I sat there after I had woken up from really the most tremendous nightmare, I think I had ever had. And it came from when I was foolish, when I was doing my best, but when I was foolish, when I chose to engage with a prostitute in Thailand where I was able to see where I was still not free, where I was still not free because I was battling with my own shame around sex and addiction and mistruths, and I needed some deep healing with my inner young man. And so in this dream, I was watching myself, abandon myself many years prior to the quest, looking at how to the public I wanted to, to be perceived as having an altogether, but deep within my own heart battling with the most visceral addiction, when it came to not feeling safe in my own skin, you could ever imagine.   Josh Trent (17:22): And on that first night, I let go of the war, which is what we all deserve - to let go of the war with ourselves. We can only heal ourselves when we choose that we're worthy of doing so. And when you are just like, I was put into nature to be held by the arms of a grandmother that you couldn't even imagine how strong she is - how loving, how peaceful she is. That is who we are from. That is who holds us. I woke up and I was terrified because I thought, "Oh my God, is this real?" I mean, when you're out there, the veil between dream and the veil between life here in the 3D is super thin. I mean, there were times throughout those four days where I didn't even know if I was alive or if I was dead or if it was a dream.   Josh Trent (18:13): I mean, it's, it is absolutely surreal. It blows away any mushroom, Ayahuasca, even multiple breathwork sessions I've had - puts them all in a pale light in comparison to the brutal potent medicine of Mother Nature at her finest. And that is at just peace because there is peace in my heart now as I've come home. But that peace only came on the other side of me waking up crying because of the pain of abandoning myself years prior and learning how to love this young man. Learning how to love my shame. I flashed back when I was sitting there as the sun rose and I was crying and I was just so grateful. I was so grateful for my life. I was so grateful that the nightmare wasn't true, even though the nightmare had occurred many years prior, when I chose to abandon the screaming voice of my inner young man. And that is the forgiveness that I deserved. So I sat down with young Josh and I sat down with my son. I sat down with my son next to me and I spoke to him about the power of forgiveness, the power of love and forgiveness.   Josh Trent (19:34): I will never forget five years ago when I had Gay Hendricks on the podcast and we're going to be having him on the podcast again. So stay tuned for that. And he told me, "Josh, you have to learn how to love your pain. If you want peace, you have to learn how to love your pain." I had no idea what Gay Hendricks was talking about. And now I do, because I know from my own experience where I had a three, four, even five dimensional conversation with my seven-year-old self, specifically my 13-year-old self, when I found pornography for the first time, I think my dad had a Playboy on the table. And then from there I got VHS and then DVDs and then the adult film store. And then, you know, all holes, barred when the laptop got pulled out and high-speed internet came into the picture.   Josh Trent (20:22): That was exactly the safety that I was seeking outside myself, that I love my parents. They did the best they could, but they did not teach me how to be loving and how to be comfortable in my own skin. And so the forgiveness I have for myself is also the loving and powerful forgiveness I have for them. And so I know now that we can only heal generational pain when we choose that we are worthy of doing so, we can only heal generational pain through forgiveness. Through forgiveness. Forgiveness is the antidote to fear. Forgiveness is the antidote to hatred and forgiveness is not something you can read in a book or read in a card. Forgiveness is something that you have to learn through experience. It's how to embody, how to cry through, how to bleed through, how to suffer through and all we can ever do is open the door to our family to enter.   Josh Trent (21:17): So, I asked that first night, and this is just the first night. I have way more to tell you. The very first night I asked at the altar of freedom without expectation for all my relations to enter my grandfather, Mauro, my grandmother, Marie, my grandfather, Gene, my grandmother, Louise, my brother, James, my mother, Mary, all my relations. My father, Daniel; everyone is welcome. Please forgive me, please forgive me. And I wept, I wept like a little boy and it was the most healing experience that I've ever had because finally, all the things that I had been searching for with Ayahuasca and with mushrooms and with "ceremony." All the time, it had been under my two feet and that was, I needed the potent medicine of nature of Mother Nature to ground me into her and total silence without distraction in nature for a hundred hours without food and only water so that I could actually understand what she has been telling me all along.   Josh Trent (22:23): And that is, "I'm home." I am home. We are all home here. We are not on the earth. We are from the earth and I wept. And on night, Number Two, I gave my seed back to Mother Earth. A lot of sexual shame, a lot of resentment of my decisions. I turned to those and I learned how to love them. I learned how to truly love them for what they are. They are my protector, because if I did not have pornography, if I did not have a way for me to feel comfortable in my own skin, well, then I wanted to leave my skin which is death. And so we have to touch death in order to feel the truth of life. And this is the purity that I gave to myself. I'm laying maybe 20 feet above my site. And I'm up on a mountain in Northern Idaho and it's freezing.   Josh Trent (23:21): And then when the sun comes up, it's emotional because the darkness has been lifted. And I spent most of my day, you know just being with my thoughts and laying in the sun and kind of chasing the sun around as it would shoot through the trees and little patches on the ground. And there was one moment where I just asked with a humble heart and I said, "Great Spirit. What will you have me do with Wellness Force? What will you have me do with Wellness Force?" Because we have hit this place with Wellness Force where we're growing, but we're not growing to the pace that can sustain the engine for the long-term.   Josh Trent (23:59) And I said, "Great Spirit, what would you like me to do? What would you like me to do with Wellness Force? Do you want me to burn this entire thing to the ground? Cause I will if that's what you want me to do." And I, with tears in my eyes, I looked up to the sky and I will never forget this moment. And I heard this voice, this little voice, and the voice said, "Just keep going, Just keep going." And I knew exactly what that meant. Just keep going and trust and love yourself as you go.   Josh Trent (24:34): And from an incredible connection of forgiveness and healing from the nightmare that I had had that gave me the gratitude for being with Carrie and having my son here in the world and just getting to be here. I walked over to the campsite. I pulled down my pants and for the first time, since I was 13 years old, I looked down at my cock and I connected the energy of my cock to my heart. And I connected my heart to my head. And I said, I am pure. I give my seed back to Mother Earth. I just kept saying this over and over again. This is pure. This is pure. I come into the earth for my wife and son and family and made this serve as a reminder for me that God's love, God's love - The love of Great Spirit is what ties the sex energy from my cock to my heart to my head.   Josh Trent (25:26): And as I came into the earth, I cried in the most profound sexual healing I have ever had in my life because I knew that I had come back home. I knew how powerful it was to be here right now. I felt the pride in my heart for choosing to reconnect with the love of the child. And I had this visualization of my lower self as I watched my lower self die. And I sent him love for the journey. It's this little boy holding a black crocodile. I can see him right now. I promise I'm not crazy. I mean, if you understand shadow and archetypes and going deep into the soldiering process, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about, but in nature, it is so much more magnified. And I looked at young Josh and I told him from the heart of a father, it's okay, you can rest.   Josh Trent (26:13): And I thought of Mark Groves when we did our episode out there and he said, "The child can rest. The adult is here." The child can rest. The adult is here. And my little Josh with his black crocodile, he walked off into the distance and he looked back and I sent him love for the journey. And I asked for forgiveness and I cried again. I mean, I never, I never cried so much in my entire life as to the degree that I cried during this Vision Quest. And this is Part One, stay tuned for Part Two. As I unpack Day Two, Day Three, and Day Four, and bring home even more wisdom for the road ahead. And if this inspires you, if you feel this in your heart, some of what I've gone through and what I've shared about truly embodying forgiveness has been medicine for you.   Josh Trent (27:09): Let me know. Wherever you're watching this, post in the comments. Share it with somebody. Part two is coming very soon. And before I do the Part Two, I want to ask you if you'll just take a breath with me and just connect to the part of your heart that was touched by this Part One of the Vision Quest, because really what this is, is about touching death, touching the fact that we are not here forever. And so if there's anything meant to die today, well, then turn to it and do the work so it can die. It is not just the shame that keeps us hostage. It is our gathering of evidence that we should be guilty that continues to burn the fire of the shame. Shame is much different than guilt because with shame comes evidence that you're not enough, something that we put on ourselves.   Josh Trent (28:06):   The shame stories of like, "I'm not good enough because my parents told me I wasn't," or "I'm stupid. Cause the teacher told me that," or you know, "I'm fat. Cause my boyfriend and my girlfriend told me that." We are so driven by shame. But guess what? Shame is so much different than guilt. Guilt is a feeling you get when you did something you felt was wrong. Guilt is when you abandon yourself, when you abandon someone you love or you perceive you did something wrong and in Part Two of this quest and this story about really honoring our ancestors, this Rite of Passage that so many men, so many women, never got the gift of receiving. This is what we will do go into in Part Two. So until I see you in Part Two, I'm wishing you love and wellness.     Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. 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Josh is the Master Blacksmith and owner of the Bavarian Blacksmith Experience in Frankenmuth, MI. He has made appearances on the History channel on reality shows like Forged in Fire and Knife or Death. Even winning himself a championship title. Josh is a very genuine guy and has spent a decent portion of his life teaching his craft to others. This is what inspired him to open his shop in Frankenmuth. We talk about Josh's beginnings and why he seeks to bring "experiences" into people's lives.   Points of Conversation today include:How Josh got the idea for the storeSome awesome smithing facts from the master himselfHow to follow your dreams and make them a realityAnd several other random topics. Thanks for Listening!Hit Subscribe if you like the show.Youtube FeedVisit the website: notreallythatfamous.comCheck out the merch shop!Facebook/Instagram @notreallythatfamousYou can find Josh on Facebook and Instagram.Follow the Bavarian Blacksmith Experience on Facebook and Instagram. Visit their website @ dragonforgeexperience.comI have personally done the experience, and it's unlike anything you have ever done before. Very cool and worth a trip up to Frankenmuth. Fun for all ages, and you get to take home a creation you made yourself!

Josh Cantwell manages over $40M in private money, deployed into multifamily real estate and apartments. He has been involved in 1,000+ wholesale, rehab, rental, foreclosure, and apartment transactions, and currently holds a portfolio of over 3,000+ cash-flowing apartments. He is the founder and CEO of a variety of successful businesses, including Freeland Ventures and Strategic Real Estate Coach. Tyler and Josh’s discussion focused on organically learning and adapting as a high-performer, as well as adding value as a real estate investor. Highlights include: How Josh learned to be an entrepreneur Josh’s 25-year journey of constantly learning and adapting, while also combatting pancreatic cancer Understanding refinance and capital expenditure risk How Josh is identifying and optimizing value-add opportunities Josh’s daily high-performance hacking  This is the episode for high-performers investing in value-add apartments.   Connect with Josh: Website: https://freelandventures.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josh.cantwell/ The following books were mentioned in the show: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek   Skyrocket your financial and personal success with a substantial competitive edge gained through Elevate High Performance Coaching Academy! Your opportunity for business and profound life transformation is now. Learn more about the program and watch the free masterclass here: https://elevatecoachingacademy.com/ Sign up for the Elevate Nation Newsletter! Receive exclusive personal and professional growth tools, tips from Tyler, what Tyler's reading, the latest news from Elevate Podcast, real estate investment news, and opportunities from CF Capital and The Chesser Companies!   Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com   Follow us!   Website: elevatepod.com Twitter: twitter.com/elevatepod1 IG: instagram.com/elevatepod Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/elevatepodcastcommunity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevatepodcast

Tetrarch is a band that is getting quite a bit of attention lately, and rightly so. They have worked incredibly hard to get to where they are today. Touring, putting out music, sleeping in Walmart parking lots. Whatever it takes to get their amazing music out there, this band has done it. This episode of The Bobcast features an interview with Josh Fore, the singer and guitarist of Tetrarch and we talked about some rad stuff. SPOILERS AHEAD! How Josh and Diamond Rowe met - hint - she almost killed him. Which Green Day record is best to listen to all the way through - it's American Idiot. How the band got it's name and more! You also get to hear one of the songs off of Tetrarch's brand new record, “Unstable” and that song is “Negative Noise”. A thrash-terpiece of amazing metal mayhem. Included with the price of admission is a brand new Crusty's Corner, where our pal Michael Crusty spends some time talking to Daniel Dekay about their favorite Judas Priest record. Brought to you by Sticker Junkie. Josh was SUPER rad to talk to, Tetracrh is a SUPER rad band, get RAD and listen to this one ASAP.

On this episode of 2 White Lights, we had USAPL executive board member, powerlifting coach, competitor, and the founder of 'Primetime" Josh Rohr (@teamrohr) on the program and we discussed: - How Josh got his start in the sport of powerlifting (6:19-11:31) - The growth of "primetime", the improvements he had to make, its growing influence on powerlifting, and the desire to make a meet that beneficial for the lifters (11:34-47:49) - USAPL/IPF relations and how lifters can get their voices heard (47:51-66:30) - What Josh would like his legacy to be in powerlifting (66:33)

How do you stand out as a CBD company in a crowded and noisy market? Here to help us answer that question is Josh Haupt of Plant Love Naturals. Learn more at https://plantlovenaturals.com  Key Takeaways: [1:17] An inside look at Plant Love, a USDA certified organic full spectrum hemp extract company based in Denver, Colorado [1:31] Josh’s decorated background in cannabis, including his popular cannabis growing guide “Three A Light” [4:36] The unique growing process behind Josh’s top-shelf cannabis flower that sets it apart from others on the market [7:18] Why the price of CBD has dropped significantly over the last five years [8:30] Common mistakes CBD companies make when trying to gain traction in today’s noisy industry [9:35] Why Plant Love only sources its hemp from USDA certified organic farms [11:04] How Plant Love’s subcritical extraction method preserves cannabinoids and terpenes better than the popular supercritical methods [12:23] The increasing interest in minor cannabinoids including THCV, CBG, and CBN [13:36] How Josh uses CBD to successfully treat his epilepsy

Those who perceiver not just in golf, but life are mental strong. Learning how to control your thoughts, emotions, and actions both on and off the course can create your character, who you are, and where you will go. Josh Nichols, Mental Golf Coach, shares how learning the mental side of golf can help us not only improve, but enjoy the game for a lifetime.  Josh played competitive golf most his junior golf career and even played college golf. He learned along the way that not only swing changes and hard work would get him to where he needed to be, but also adapting a solid mental game. What he experienced and learned over years of being a good student to his coach and a competitive player, helped groom him into the golf coach he is today. He shares a lot of knowledge, and experience for players, parents and coaches to take away from this episode.    Discussion: (3:29) How Josh got into mental golf coaching (7:15) Who mental golf coaching is for (17:56) Big differences between players “who make it” and don’t (20:48) Questions to ask a player up front (29:11) How to find out more about Josh Nichols and Mental Golf Coaching (30:27) Final words of inspiration for raising golfers Show Links: The Mental Golf Show foundationsmp.com Follow Josh on Instagram Follow Josh on facebook

My guest today is Josh Corriveau, the Global Medical Affairs Director at Leo Pharma. We discuss the potential to make a career transition from MSL to Medical Director.   In this episode we discuss: The transition from field medical to a medical director How Josh got the job and the responsibilities as a medical director What skills are mandatory to be considered for these types of roles Many Medical Director roles require an MD, would he say it makes it a lot harder if you are a Ph.D. or PharmD? His greatest challenges when transitioning into the Medical Director role Are all Medical Director roles in-house or can some of these roles be field-based? His advice to those in field medical transitioning out of COVID to field visit or hybrid of face to face and virtual interactions

Josh Finley is my longtime friend and one of the wisest people I know. We meet when we were teenagers, but our paths continued to cross throughout young adulthood. Like me, Josh has been involved in ministry and made some significant shifts in his career over the years. I invited him to come onto the show this week to talk about spiritual things. I really wanted to take a breather from the intense interviews we’ve been having and just have a conversation with this great friend. Josh is one of the best communicators and leaders there are, so you’ll love our discussion. In it, we talk about: Relationships that survive the test of time Reflecting back on life Feeling like you’re falling behind in life How Josh has redefined some terms and gotten more comfortable with tension Identifying and unpacking our brokenness What real authenticity looks like   Resources: Overcome: Say Goodbye to Shame, Get Past Your Past & Win Out Over Temptation by Josh Finley Josh’s website Josh on Instagram Josh on Facebook Josh on YouTube   Connect with Mike: https://mikekim.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikekimtv/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikekimtv Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mikekimtv/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/mikekimtv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeKim    *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.   He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

There isn't a rulebook for building a $100MM brand. This serial entrepreneur is here to tell you how he did it. Josh Snow taught himself how to build websites at 12 years old. His early venture sparked a full-fledged passion for marketing and branding which led Josh to where he is today, the founder and CEO of Snow - a fast-growing D2C brand and leader in premium oral care. Josh is a true operator and in this episode, we dive deep into how he’s grown Snow to over $100MM in revenue. We talk about the differences between running a $1MM company and a $100MM company, how his leadership has needed to evolve in the process, and his thoughts on hiring the right people. Josh also shares how leveraging influencer marketing was a game-changer and where he plans on taking the company next. Enjoy! Episode Highlights 4:02 Josh’s pre-teen start to entrepreneurship 8:36 Snow’s defining moment of growth 13:55 Josh’s take on paid acquisition 16:45 How Snow strategically diversified their marketing channels 21:34 The biggest differences between running a $1MM and a $100MM company 27:07 How Josh has learned how to ask for help as a leader 32:20 The difference between “hunting elephants” and “hunting rabbits” 39:26 How Snow leverages influencer marketing and a celebrity’s social capital 45:00 Common misconceptions about running an eCommerce business 52:29 Where Snow is going and the challenges Josh sees on the horizon 56:01 Josh’s words of wisdom for eCommerce entrepreneurs Links and Resources: Snow Josh Snow on Instagram Powerhouse Mastermind Josh Snow’s Interviews on YouTube Brand Growth Experts The Coalition @a_brawn on Twitter Review or subscribe on iTunes

One pragmatic practice is to separate out the worry from the thinking. Fear plus uncertainty equals anxiety but uncertainty can also move us into a growth mindset. When there's a lot of uncertainty and we're really feeling down on our luck or really stressed out because of our finances; in those moments when we're really worried, take a deep breath, step back and ask yourself if this worrying is helping? Because worrying makes our thinking brain go offline. What do we need to help us move forward? We need our thinking brain. - Dr. Jud Brewer   Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST*   Wellness Force Radio Episode 388 Internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Sharecare, and Author of his latest book, Unwinding Anxiety, Dr. Jud Brewer, returns to explain how worry and anxiety become habits, why we become addicted to stress, and practical strategies to navigate uncertainty.   What do we do with our anxiety? How can loving it, breathing it, and meditating with it transcend our mental health?   Listen and discover the new science of breaking the worry and the fear to heal your mind.     Belcampo Farms Get 20% off of your first Belcampo order HERE Belcampo was founded with a purpose: to create meat that’s good for people, planet and animals. What started as one mom’s desire to feed her family the healthiest meat possible became a mission to revolutionize the industry from the inside out. Belcampo is the pioneer of hyper-sustainable, organic, grass-fed and -finished, Certified Humane meats, broths, and jerkies. The company is on a mission to revolutionize the meat industry for the well-being of people, the planet, and animals by farming meat the right way – with Certified Humane, regenerative, and climate-positive practices, which means it’s better for you, the planet and the animals. Conventionally raised animals are confined to feedlots and eat a diet of inflammatory grains, but Belcampo’s animals graze on open pastures and seasonal grasses resulting in meat that is higher in nutrients and healthy fats.   Listen To Episode 388 As Dr. Jud Brewer Uncovers:   [1:30] How Worry & Anxiety Become Habits Belcampo breathwork.io Dr. Jud Brewer Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer 319 Dr. Jud Brewer The Craving Mind by Dr. Jud Brewer Eat Right Now app Craving To Quit Sharecare Mind Science Unpacking the new sciences of breaking worry and fear to heal your mind. Why anxiety, worry, and fear can actually become habits. Breaking down specifically how worry can be negatively reinforced over time until it becomes a habit. Examples of how our anxious thoughts become habits including one of his patients who avoided driving on the freeway. The research he has done to help people reduce their anxiety and the amazing results they have seen with his Unwinding Anxiety app vs prescribed medications. What it means to label a treatment, research, and trials as being clinically validated.   [11:30] The Source Of Modern Anxiety Exploring what the source of anxiety actually is for people in our modern-day society. Why fear-based learning is a survival mechanism that humans have wired in their brains. The fact that our cell phones are weapons of mass distraction and anti-survival mechanisms. Breaking down how anxiety is the combination of worry and fear. What happens to our thought process when we don’t have certainty in a situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring why our previous anti-anxiety or anti-habit strategies have failed in the past. How the brain is wired to create and follow habits that free up space for it to do other things. The learning strategy that is set up along with the process of building habit memory. How a reward hierarchy is created based on the habits we learn. The importance of checking in with ourselves to see if those habits are still rewarding to ensure we actually benefit from them. What negative prediction error is and why it happens when there’s a deviation from what we expect   [19:30] Unwinding Anxiety How you can unwind anxiety from specific, delayed gratification by finding out what is driving those behaviors. Why working on anxiety helped one of his clients effortlessly lose 100 pounds because he stopped stress eating. Exploring the fact that there really isn’t any real evidence that willpower exists. How to practice delayed gratification to help you build good habits. 129 Gretchen Rubin Making sense of the connection between addiction and anxiety in order to let go of both and heal. Eric Kandel Breaking down our individual perceptions, illusions, levels of awareness, and the confrontation one must go through during the inner work.   [31:30] Are You Addicted To Your Own Stress? How to transcend addiction, anxiety, and depression so that they no longer rule us anymore. Unpacking the question, “Which mind states are more rewarding?” Exploring how contracted and closed down people felt with each different mind state compared to feeling more open and expanded. Why adults who are addicted to their own stress hormones were once children who lived in unpredictable environments of overreaction, rage spirals, and fear. How Josh’s addiction to stress has impacted his life as an entrepreneur, his new life in Austin, and now with a baby on the way. What steps to take to know if you are addicted to your own stress and then how to break free from it. Why it can feel strange once you break free from anxiety and no longer have anxious thoughts. Carol Dweck The difference between growth vs fixed mindset when it comes to new changes in your life. How you can become comfortable with the uncomfortable as you enter the growth zone.   [40:00] How To Handle Worry & Stress What steps you can take if you’re worried about the “next bad thing” that’s going to happen to you. The power of changing our mindset and how we look at our life. How we use worry as a control mechanism of our lives to help us but it actually goes against our brain’s ability to work well. Why anxiety and bad habits can be teaching tools for greater awareness and how to properly use them. Michael Pollan What happens to the body and mind when we are actually experiencing stress in the present moment. His research of the default mode network and exploring one of the hypotheses out there that this network syncs us with action. The idea out there that conscious awareness might happen a full half-second after our motor action does something. Exploring the contraction and expansion of self when we let go of stress or feel positive emotions such as love.   [49:00] Practical Strategies To Navigate Uncertainty How to heal from financial stress and uncertainty that is creating so many wounds in our collective society. What steps you can do to separate your worry from your thinking. How uncertainty can move us into a growth mindset. The power of asking yourself, “Is my worrying helping me right now?” How you can step away from worrying and lean into the challenge that you are facing with your thinking brain turned on and with a growth mindset. In what capacity we can look at the obstacles we’re facing as a gift and something beautiful. The power of picking out what you can control and doing something that’s meaningful for you and your family regardless of traumas and circumstances. 3 powerful steps you can take to navigate uncertainty and worry. The beauty of fostering kindness and curiosity in order to help us expand and let go of stress. Loving kindness meditation guided by Dr. Jud Brewer How to use kindness to create connection during crisis Dr. Jud Brewer on using mindfulness to ease worry and anxiety Why curiosity is a superpower and even more important than being brave. breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community   Power Quotes From The Show How The Brain Builds New Habits   "Remember our old brain is set up to help us survive. In addition to reward based learning it has another trick up his sleeve. It takes what it learns and moves the learning into muscle memory as soon as it can. In other words, our brains are set up to form habits so we can free up brain space to learn new things."  - Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer   Why Worry Can Be A Powerful Teacher "Inevitably life goes on and things are constantly changing and we have no control over the future. So, those feelings of uncertainty and wondering when the shoe is going to drop have been described as ways that make us feel like we're in control because at least we're doing something about it by worrying. However, worrying doesn't help and it actually makes our brain work less well. Try to see anything that isn't going well or isn't perfect as a learning experience. When your anxiety comes back up, what can you learn from it? If you lean into your hardships and challenges to get something out of them, they can actually be quite rewarding in the sense that you've grown and become more resilient." - Dr. Jud Brewer     Moving Into A Growth Mindset "What do we need to do in today's age? We need to be able to think beyond our narrow sense because the world has changed a lot. It has had this seismic shift that's never going to go back and we don't even know what that's going to look like. So, ask yourself, what I am I getting from worrying? See if you can step out of the worry and lean into that challenge. I'm not saying this is easy but I'm saying this is what we can do, right? Lean into this and ask yourself how you can move into your growth mindset and what's possible for you right now."  - Dr. Jud Brewer     Links From Today's Show    Belcampo breathwork.io Unwinding Anxiety by Dr. Jud Brewer 319 Dr. Jud Brewer The Craving Mind by Dr. Jud Brewer Eat Right Now app Craving To Quit Sharecare Mind Science 129 Gretchen Rubin Eric Kandel Carol Dweck Michael Pollan Loving kindness meditation guided by Dr. Jud Brewer How to use kindness to create connection during crisis Dr. Jud Brewer on using mindfulness to ease worry and anxiety 'Habit Loops & Everyday Addictions' 'Tame Your Feelings of Anxiety' TED Talk | A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Dr. Jud Brewer Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube   About Dr. Jud Brewer Dr. Jud is the Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Sharecare, Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center, and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness. Read more about his research here.     As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety (Eat Right Now, Unwinding Anxiety and Craving to Quit).     Based on the success of these programs in the lab, he co-founded MindSciences, Inc. to create app-based digital therapeutic versions of these programs for a wider audience, working with individuals, corporations, and hospital systems to put effective, evidence-based behavior change guidance in the hands of people struggling with unwanted behaviors and “everyday addictions.”   Modern Science, Ancient Wisdom Dr. Jud has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback, adding to the understanding of the brain’s “Default Mode Network” and the role of the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) in self-referential thinking.  He regularly gives talks on the intersection of modern science and ancient meditative practices, helping to expose a modern audience to specific techniques and insights first discovered 2,500 years ago.     He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, trained US Olympic coaches, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED (4th most viewed talk of 2016, with 10+ Million views), Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera (documentary about his research), Businessweek and others.     His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others. He is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017).   Dr. Jud and his wife Mahri live in Massachusetts where they enjoy biking, hiking, and meditating with their two cats, Ananda and Julian of Norwich.     Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. ​ ​ A simple, powerful 21 minute morning system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well. 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If you run a yoga studio, the last year will have been tough! And if your dream is opening one, it was probably put on hold. But things are getting better, we’re going to get through this and the opportunities waiting for yoga studio owners are amazing. That’s the take from today’s guest Josh Biro, and I agree with him, wholeheartedly. Josh Biro is the founder of The Yogapreneur Collective, a consulting company that helps yoga studio owners systematize their businesses for more profit and peace of mind. Josh has helped hundreds of yoga studio owners transform their businesses and I’m so excited to have him on the show.Here’s what we discuss:How Josh got started on his yoga business journey How the pandemic has affected yoga studios and why people can now see the value of teaching onlineHow to have brand authority, and why it’s importantWhat a unique, defined yoga experience actually means, and how to make sure you are offering oneFollow Josh Biro:Website: https://joshbiro.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshbiro/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadbusinesscoaching/Thank you for listening!✨Read the full blog post: https://www.susannerieker.com/run-a-profitable-yoga-studio-josh-biro✨If you liked this episode, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts – your review helps spread the word about the show and I read each and every single one.✨Never miss a new episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.✨If you want to give me feedback or want to be a guest on my show, please get in touch.✨Share your biggest takeaway on Instagram stories - just be sure to tag @susannerieker so I can see them.✨To learn more about how to work with me one-on-one, my courses and membership or to get instant access to freebies, templates, workshops and more go to www.susannerieker.com right now.

Want to start a business but not sure where (or how) to start?!   In today’s episode, we are talking with Josh Kaufman, best-selling author, researcher, and speaker. Josh's TEDx talk on The First 20 Hours is one of the top 25 most-viewed TED talks published to date, with over 22 million views on YouTube. His research has been featured by The New York Times, The BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, Time, BusinessWeek, Wired, Fast Company, Financial Times, HarvardBusiness.org, The World Economic Forum, Inside Higher Ed, Lifehacker, MarketWatch, The Independent, Bloomberg TV, PBS Next Avenue, CCTV, and CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD.   In this episode, we chat about Josh’s first book, Personal MBA, signs to find a viable market if you are starting a business, and the characteristics that all good products/services have. We’ll also talk more about how to test out your business idea, actionable steps to decide pricing, learning curves, the aspects of rapid skills acquisition, and more. This is a jam packed episode that we made it into two parts - so make sure to catch both!   Social Media:   Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Reach out to Hala directly at Hala@YoungandProfiting.com Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Follow Hala on ClubHouse: @halataha Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com   Timestamps:   04:15 - How Josh’s Degree Shaped His Career 07:43 - Why Josh Decided to Write His Book, Personal MBA 11:50 - How to Find a Viable Market  19:41 - Signs to Look for if There’s Real Opportunity  26:16 - Good Characteristics of a Product or Service 29:56 - Exceptional Product/Service in the Pandemic 32:24 - Best Ways to Test Business Ideas 35:38 - Steps to Decide Pricing  44:20 - Different Objections to Anticipate   Mentioned in the Episode:   Josh’s Website: joshkaufman.net Josh’s First Book, Personal MBA: https://personalmba.com/ Josh’s Second Book, The First 20 Hours: https://first20hours.com/ Josh’s New Book, How to Fight a Hydra: https://howtofightahydra.com/#home

Want to start a business but not sure where (or how) to start?!   In today’s episode, we are talking with Josh Kaufman, best-selling author, researcher, and speaker. Josh's TEDx talk on The First 20 Hours is one of the top 25 most-viewed TED talks published to date, with over 22 million views on YouTube. His research has been featured by The New York Times, The BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, Time, BusinessWeek, Wired, Fast Company, Financial Times, HarvardBusiness.org, The World Economic Forum, Inside Higher Ed, Lifehacker, MarketWatch, The Independent, Bloomberg TV, PBS Next Avenue, CCTV, and CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD.   In this episode, we chat about Josh’s first book, Personal MBA, signs to find a viable market if you are starting a business, and the characteristics that all good products/services have. We’ll also talk more about how to test out your business idea, actionable steps to decide pricing, learning curves, the aspects of rapid skills acquisition, and more. This is a jam packed episode that we made it into two parts - so make sure to catch both!   Social Media:   Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Reach out to Hala directly at Hala@YoungandProfiting.com Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Follow Hala on ClubHouse: @halataha Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com   Timestamps:   03:29 - Perfecting Skills in 20 Hours  10:04 - Emotions Behind Starting Something New 13:46 - What a Learning Curve Looks Like 21:31 - 4 Steps of Rapid Skill Acquisition  29:40 - How Josh’s TED Talk Changed His Life 34:39 - Premise of Josh’s New Book, How to Fight a Hydra 39:58 - Josh’s Secret to Profiting in Life   Mentioned in the Episode:   Josh’s Website: joshkaufman.net Josh’s First Book, Personal MBA: https://personalmba.com/ Josh’s Second Book, The First 20 Hours: https://first20hours.com/ Josh’s New Book, How to Fight a Hydra: https://howtofightahydra.com/#home

Raising money for real estate can be daunting for many investors, especially when you are a newbie. How do you get people to trust you when you have no track record or credibility as an investor? These were the challenges facing Josh Ferrari when he went from newbie to raising millions in just 30 days. apartment investor by raising $6 million in 30 days.   Josh is based in Mobile, Alabama and has a background in aerospace. His first real estate deal was a house-hack, where he lived at the property and handled all of the renovations. Then he scaled up to commercial apartments and tapped into his network to raise $6 million.    Josh shares how he was able to raise so much money as a newbie investor with actionable tips that any investor can employ. He also covers the challenges he faced getting started as a newbie investor. He also highlights the Mobile market and why he sees opportunities there going forward.    Key Insights   Using podcasts, real estate meetups and a mentor to learn about multifamily real estate investing  House hacking (living in one of the units) and syndicating his first 4-unit property investment    The “syndication” portion of my first multifamily deal was from my parents and my brother-in-law.   Understanding FHA 203K loan restrictions and how it can affect your investment The process and impact of firing contractors that tripled their timeline and doubled the budget. How Josh finally closed on a 42-Unit multifamily syndication deal that was hit by two hurricanes  Working with brokers as a newbie in multifamily investing   When I asked brokers what I could do to beat my competition, as a newbie multifamily investor, their advice was to live in the market I was investing in.    The criteria Josh looks for in a good multifamily deal The benefits of investing in the Mobile Alabama real estate market The biggest challenge to raising capital as a newbie  Working with partners who have more experience and success The power of Facebook live videos  How Josh was able to raise $6 million in 30 days during a money raising challenge   I found that raising capital wasn’t difficult, you just had to be genuine and have the investors best interests in mind.   How to get and work referrals to raise capital   Apparent Failure:My first 4-unit wasn’t a success in my eyes, as I didn’t get what I wanted for my investors. But the experience and getting my feet wet in multifamily was priceless.    Digital Resource: Hootsuite (social media marketing scheduler)    Most Recommended Book: Extreme Ownership (Jocko Willink)   Daily Habit: 90-Day Intention Journal & Miracle Morning    Current Curiosity: The COVID vaccine    Wish I Knew When I Was Starting Out: Raising money is easy, because it’s all about relationships    Best Place to Grab a Bite in Mobile, Alabama: Osman’s Restaurant     Get in Touch with Josh: Ferrari Capital @ferraricapital (IG)

“The most important things that I do every day are to take walks after my meals and make sure that I sleep a full eight hours. Those two simple things, which require a lot of adjusting for your lifestyle, have an outsized impact over the years and decades as they compound.” – Josh Clemente In this episode of Outliers, I’m talking with Josh Clemente (@joshuasforrest) about the concept of metabolic health, the importance of feedback loops, and why our daily choices have such a huge impact on our overall health. Josh Clemente is the Founder and President of Levels, a metabolic fitness company that helps people see how their choices affect their health in real-time. Before founding Levels, Josh was the Lead Life Support Systems Engineer at SpaceX, where he led the development of pressurized life support systems aboard spacecraft. He’s also worked as a Senior Design Engineer at Hyperloop One and is a certified CrossFit Level 2 Trainer. In 2019, he founded Levels, which is a comprehensive app that uses constant glucose monitoring to provide easy-to-understand feedback on your diet, exercise, and daily activities.  Chapters in this interview: 00:00:29 – How Josh’s engineering background and role at SpaceX led to the creation of Levels 00:06:32 – How a ketogenic diet can affect your life expectancy 00:07:57 – The basics of ketones and ketosis 00:13:34 – How real-time data can help people choose the foods and activities that are healthiest for them 00:21:17 – Surprising insights from Levels customer data 00:31:01 – How Levels converts raw data into easy-to-understand scores 00:39:58 – Levels’ expected launch date 00:43:03 – Whether glucose alone is the best indicator of overall health   Sign up here for Outliers Weekly, our weekly Sunday newsletter that highlights our podcasts, business and investing concepts, and the best of what we read that week.  Follow Outliers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyoutliers  If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas, better known as T2. Josh is the co-founder and General Partner at Lux Capital. T2 is now a venture partner alongside Josh at Lux Capital, after serving for almost 40 years in the US military and becoming a 4-star general and the 11th Commander of US Special Operations Command. Our conversation focuses on the technology frontier in defense as well as the geopolitical threats that the US faces. We talk about everything from semiconductors and autonomous weapons systems to the moral dimensions of investing in defense technology. I hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus. Tegus has built the most extensive primary information platform available for investors.   With Tegus, you can learn everything you’d want to know about a company in an on-demand digital platform. Investors share their expert calls, allowing others to instantly access more than 10,000 calls on Affirm, Teladoc, Roblox, or almost any company of interest. All you have to do is log in. Visit tegus.co/patrick to learn more. ------ This episode is brought to you by MIT Investment Management Company. MITIMCO is the endowment office of MIT. New and small investment funds listen up. MITIMCO is looking to find investors starting funds today.   MITIMCO is partnership-driven, long-term focused, and has an extensive history of backing investors early in their careers. These partners are key in delivering the outstanding investment returns required to support MIT's pursuit of world-class education, cutting-edge research, and groundbreaking innovation. MITIMCO is focused on finding and partnering with the best investors across the globe, no matter the market environment. No firm is too small, too young, or too non-institutional.   If you or someone you know is currently in the process of starting a fund or recently launched, please email partner@mitimco.org or discover more on their website at mitimco.org/partner. ------ Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus Inc. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus   Show Notes [00:03:46] - [First question] - Overview of Tony Thomas’s career [00:06:36] - His focus on the information wars and truthiness [00:08:50] - How Josh and Tony met [00:12:27] - Experiencing the slow pace of technology growth within the Department of Defense [00:15:51] - History of businesses selling to and engaging with the government [00:23:52] - Consensus of the threats we face today  [00:28:55] - Most important competitive frontier today  [00:35:09] - The lessening of kinetic warfare [00:46:51] - State of the drone technology and industry  [00:52:56] - Mapping the arctic and the geopolitical ramifications [00:54:31] - The frontier of space  [00:59:26] - What shouldn’t be unmanned technology  [01:02:31] - The cutting edge of simulation technology  [01:06:50] - The most important thing to know about the future of semiconductors [01:11:36] - The moral lens of working with and investing in defense companies [01:20:53] - Traits of the most exceptional soldiers he’s served with [01:23:53] - Kindest thing anyone has done for Tony  

In this episode, we interview Josh Dorfman, CEO of Simbly. We also talk about his time as, in our words, a media mogul and the brain behind the brand "The Lazy Environmentalist". Here's what you'll learn in this episode: How Josh become the director of Venture Asheville, the Angel program, and The Collider How Asheville and this area are the furniture capital of the country and what that means for revitalizing around craftsmanship, and economic opportunity What it means for you to be in business with LOHAS (Lifestyle Of Health And Sustainability)  Why if you align with the values of the organization or business, there's no reason to shy away from opportunities The process of deciding on a business name with the help of friends, peers, and professionals Why Josh's 8-year old son was one of the biggest names in NASCAR recently For complete show notes, including some supplementary information from this episode visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/084 To see our upcoming social events and workshops, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/events To recommend an interviewee, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/podcast Shoutout to this season's sponsor: Range Urgent Care. The team at Range is offering a special promotion to Making It in Asheville Podcats listeners. To learn more, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/range. Or use 'makingitinasheville' as your coupon code! Music by Commonwealth Choir If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, review, and/or share! It helps to spread the word and get more eyes on Asheville's makers. Check out Making It in Asheville on other platforms! https://www.instagram.com/makingitinasheville/ https://www.makingitinasheville.com/youtube/ https://makingitinasheville.com/subscribe/

In this episode, we interview Josh Dorfman, CEO of Simbly. We also talk about his time as, in our words, a media mogul and the brain behind the brand "The Lazy Environmentalist". Here's what you'll learn in this episode: How Josh become the director of Venture Asheville, the Angel program, and The Collider How Asheville and this area are the furniture capital of the country and what that means for revitalizing around craftsmanship, and economic opportunity What it means for you to be in business with LOHAS (Lifestyle Of Health And Sustainability)  Why if you align with the values of the organization or business, there's no reason to shy away from opportunities The process of deciding on a business name with the help of friends, peers, and professionals Why Josh's 8-year old son was one of the biggest names in NASCAR recently For complete show notes, including some supplementary information from this episode visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/084 To see our upcoming social events and workshops, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/events To recommend an interviewee, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/podcast Shoutout to this season's sponsor: Range Urgent Care. The team at Range is offering a special promotion to Making It in Asheville Podcats listeners. To learn more, visit: MakingItInAsheville.com/range. Or use 'makingitinasheville' as your coupon code! Music by Commonwealth Choir If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, like, review, and/or share! It helps to spread the word and get more eyes on Asheville's makers. Check out Making It in Asheville on other platforms! https://www.instagram.com/makingitinasheville/ https://www.makingitinasheville.com/youtube/ https://makingitinasheville.com/subscribe/

In the summer of 2020, Josh Howard saw that his work with Central India Christian Mission could be enhanced if he was earning more money on the side. However, he didn’t want to add a full-time W-2 job to his already full-time non-profit work. He was also living and working in India already, so any work he picked up would have to work around an international schedule.By August, Josh had started marketing for his virtual real estate investing business in the Indianapolis market. His initial success felt amazing, but his business system was so unorganized that he felt like he was burning the candle at both ends. That’s when he reached out to Gavin Timms for help to structure his business in a way that supported his work/life balance.Josh’s “why” for real estate is a big one. Blessings others with his ministry work make his real estate investing that much sweeter. If you’re interested in JVing on a deal in the Indy market, or if you’d like to connect with Josh to work with Central India Christan Mission, you can email him at JHoward111@icloud.com. Getting started on virtual wholesaling might seem completely overwhelming, but take it from Josh. Just “keep taking action and take the next step.”We’d love to help you build your virtual wholesaling business, even if you only need a system put together. Reach out to Gavin or me to see if we’d be a good fit as coaches for you.What's Inside:—Working around international timelines has required a little creativity on Josh’s part so that he can manage his day job on India’s time and REI on CST.—From a distance, virtual wholesaling fits Josh’s needs exactly.—How Josh chose the Indianapolis market, and how he and his U.S.-based partner work together.

Josh Robbins of The Athletic joins Jonathan and Stephen to discuss a wide range of topics: How Josh got into journalism and the Magic The balance of a journalist and a franchise Stories of covering Dwight The Magic Front Office Cole Anthony's injury and the wonders of Mo Bamba Does the team have a direction and so much more.

Josh Schroeder is a producer and engineer who has worked with King 810, The Color Morale, and many others. David Gunn is the vocalist of King 810. ON THIS EPISODE: 2:33 – How Josh and David met 10:12 – Art vs craft 23:47 – Studio gear myths 34:30 – External rewards won’t fill a void 51:24 – David getting shot ... Read More The post EP 308 | Josh Schroeder and David Gunn appeared first on Unstoppable Recording Machine.

Love, romance, challenges, #relationshipgoals, OH MY! Goddesses...this week, I have the BEST guest for you... my HUBBY!! Yep, for the first time ever, my love, Josh, is joining me on the mic to talk about our relationship, and oh my Goddess... it's JUICY!! On this episode we DISH, we banter, we flirt... we get into the nitty gritty of our relationship - how we met, first impressions, what works, what challenges us, and how we move through it all!! In honor of Valentines Day, you'll hear a super flirty, fun he said/she said recount of our first date, and to keep it real, we also share the old baggage we brought in, and the heartbreak we had going through not one, but two miscarriages. (Hint: it was NOT easy on our relationship.) We dish about our worst habits together and we get smoochy and kissy and sexy in the episode too. You''ll hear it ALL! The truth is that our relationship is far from perfect and our road has NOT been easy. We've dealt with a lot of challenges and hurdles - from the miscarriages to family issues to trust issues having both been married before. We're always learning and growing, and as you'll hear in this episode, we use our tools to grow together.  Specifically, you'll hear: *How I moved past first impressions that Josh was *not* the "one" *The MASSIVE most romantic thing EVER Josh did at our wedding!! (SWOON!) *How we choose to do marriage our way, even if unconventional to others - and the critical thing I did to empower me to get married again. *How Josh has helped me be more open to receiving love and feeling worthy of it (You're gonna die over this!) *What makes our marriage work even though we have different love languages and strengths and can get on each others' nerves! *The critical thing we do when going down a bad path of blame, shame or fighting!  *The easy to adapt tools we use to stay connected and in love You'll LOVE this one!! And I wanna hear what you think!!! Share about it in your Insta and Facebook stories and tag me @carinrockind so more and more women and couples get the love they desire!  Want more PurposeGirl?? Ready to be your full Goddess on Purpose self? And desire Sisterhood who feels the same? Join the Free PurposeGirls Facebook Group! I post prompts, motivation, and do free live videos and challenges to get you on purpose and loving life!! Click here to join (https://www.facebook.com/groups/PurposeGirlsGroup/). Also make sure you're getting my newsletter – that's the first place I send announcements about events, programs and share purpose and happiness tips. Click here to receive my newsletter for free (https://carinrockind.com/newsletter)! Love this episode? Love The PurposeGirl Podcast? Then share the love!! Go to Apple Podcasts and leave a 5 star review, subscribe so you never miss an episode, and download ALL the episodes to listen again and again! And share the PurposeGirl Podcast with every woman you know – that's how we change the world one woman at a time!! Thank you so much for listening, love. May you live purposefully, may you love yourself, and may you love life!! Bye for now! XO, Carin

Click the link below to see a photo of Josh's mountain lion Show Notes: https://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/podcast/joshwilcoxmountainlionhuntingcolorado/ Show Sponsor: Head over to goHunt.com and sign up for an INSIDER membership to get the information YOU need to craft a plan to fulfill your dream hunt out west. Use promo code BIGGAMEHUNTER when you sign up to get $50 in store credit at their gear shop.  What We Covered 1) How Josh discovered The Big Game Hunting Podcast and what made him decide to go mountain lion hunting in Colorado. 2) Brief overview of his hunt. 3) How this hunt changed Josh's opinion of hunting big game using hounds. 4) What rifle, cartridge, and ammunition he used on his hunt and how it performed on that mountain lion. 5) Gear that Josh recommends using on a mountain lion hunt with hounds. 6) What he thought about mountain lion meat. Show Sponsor GoHunt has some of the most comprehensive information available anywhere on where to go to hunt iconic western animals (like mule deer, pronghorn, and elk). They specialize in providing information necessary on how to draw the necessary tag, and what hunting tactics work best in specific areas. I’ve used goHUNT for the past several years with great success and cannot recommend them highly enough. With their help, I’ve been able to find and draw “hidden gem” tags in several different states that there’s no way I would have known about on my own. Check them out at goHunt.com and use the promo code “BIGGAMEHUNTER” when you sign up for a new INSIDER membership to get $50 in store credit at the goHUNT gear shop. So, not only will you get the most up to date western drawing odds, but you’ll also get a discount on some good quality hunting gear to go along with it.  

bengreenfieldfitness.com/levels As I've mentioned many times before on podcasts, I've been using something called a "Continuous Glucose Monitor" (CGM) at various intervals throughout my life for about 4 years or so.     Considering that, as I write about here, I consider glycemic variability (which is exactly what these CGM's track) and inflammation (which is a bit more difficult to measure as it typically requires a visit to a lab) to be my top two key biomarkers for health and longevity, my use of a CGM has given me some very valuable data on how my body responds to certain foods, supplements, exercises, lifestyle practices, and even emotions. But how does a CGM work, exactly?  What does the really tiny "filamentous" needle actually measure? How do you get yours to "stick" for long periods of time, or in water?  How does the phone gather data from the sensor, and is EMF a concern? Does the sensor have to be calibrated to a blood glucose reading due to the fact it is recording interstitial fluid vs. blood?  Is this type of thing, from an insurance standpoint, that is only available to diabetics?  What do you do about activities that cause high glucose excursions, such as exercise/sauna/coffee etc., which wind up decreasing the metabolic score when, long-term, those are all glucose stabilizing/insulin sensitizing activities? Are there certain supplements or herbs that do the best job controlling blood glucose?     I explore these questions and many others in this podcast with Josh Clemente. Josh is a rocket scientist and worked at SpaceX for 6 years, managing the team that designed the life support systems in their space shuttles. Overtime, he started to notice extreme levels of fatigue and experienced volatile spikes and crashes of energy throughout his day. For someone that worked out consistently and followed the guidelines for what he believed to be healthy practices, it didn’t seem to add up. After experimenting with glucose monitoring, he realized that he was pre-diabetic, borderlining on fully-blown diabetic, and that the foods he was eating were having a significant impact on his performance. It was this discovery and struggle to derive actionable insights from his glucose monitoring that led him to start Levels.   Today at Levels Health, Josh and his team are revolutionizing the way people think about their metabolic health. And why is metabolic health so important? Before Levels, an average person had no way of understanding how efficiently or inefficiently their body was producing energy. Levels enables you, using a new CGM system, to access and understand this information in real-time, so you can start making better diet and lifestyle choices to avoid those energy peaks and valleys. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Josh became a rocket scientist...8:50         -How Josh became interested in blood glucose management...32:05         -How a CGM works, what it measures, and how it compares to a blood glucose stick...19:33         -How the Levels app calibrates w/ the CGM's on the market...24:00         -Gold standard location for placement of the GCM on the body...30:45         -How to keep the CGM on your body for long periods of time...31:00         -How to obtain a CGM without faking you have diabetes...37:50         -If it's necessary to wear a CGM in perpetuity...39:15         -What is a "metabolic score?"...45:15         -What is an "activity response"...56:15         -How to keep blood glucose stable throughout the day and beyond...1:01:00         -Glucose disposal agents that may be outside the norm...1:06:45       -Josh's personal practices to stabilize his glucose levels...1:11:45      

Josh Snow is the Founder and CEO of Snow, a direct to consumer (DTC) leader in oral care and oral cosmetics. Snow produces premium oral care products including patent pending teeth whitening systems, premium floss, anti-aging lip care products, and more. The perfect storm of beauty, technology, and oral care. Snow® is proud to have over 1 million fans, and customers in 175+ countries around the world. Their videos have gone viral with over one billion views cumulatively. Snow has been featured on The Doctors, Wendy Williams, The Kelly Clarkson Show, VOGUE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, InStyle, WebMD, Harvard Medical, and more, and is a top selling brand on Target.com, in Best Buy, Neiman Marcus, Bed Bath and Beyond and is now the most popular oral cosmetics brand on Instagram. In May of 2020, a Snow product was sold every 29 seconds. Some of the Topics Covered by Josh Snow in this Episode What Snow is How Josh became an entrepreneur at the age of 13 Josh's background in web developing, marketing and advertising How Josh developed the idea for Snow Disrupting the oral care industry Snow's MVP Developing a product in an area outside of your expertise Snow's go to market strategy Bootstrapping Snow and deciding to be a customer-funded business What has fueled growth for Snow Diversifying channels beyond Facebook and Instagram ads Influencer marketing Building a modern household name Being transparent and harnessing the power of your customers and followers Why Josh decided to become Josh Snow and the impact it had Josh's advice for building a brand Sign up for The Grind, for actionable insights and stories from successful entrepreneurs delivered to your inbox once per week: https://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/ Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212 Follow Justin Gordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/

Press Play for:  Why Big Pharma is Scared and Big Businesses Want to Control the Monopoly  The Craft Explosion vs the Craft Cannabis Industry Personal Story of How Josh’s YouTube and Cannabis Business got Started Public Perception of Bigger Corporation Involvement Finding an Alternative Way While Continuing to Grow How Humor can Create Humbling Experiences CBD line   We Meet: Joshua Fletcher, CEO of The Fletcher Marsh Group / Potsquatch Growers   Episode References:  PotSquash YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/PotsquatchGrowers PotSquach Growers - https://potsquatchgrowers.com/ Grow Your Own Movement CBD - https://restoreskinbalance.com/product/potsquatch-cbd-tincture/ Lighting brand - https://solstrip.com/homepage/potsquatch-by-solstrip Swag - www.potsquatchgrowers.com   Connect: Connect with Rick: https://linktr.ee/mrrickjordan Connect with Guest: Thefletchermarshgroup@gmail.com or https://potsquatchgrowers.com/ Subscribe and Review to ALL IN with Rick Jordan on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher About Guest: Potsquatch Growers is a company under the Fletcher Marsh Group, on a mission. A mission to one educate, to release affordable, reliable, and quality technology, goods, and services in terms of people growing their own, and craft cannabis companies alike. The main cornerstone to anything we do is empowering the people.

Press Play for:  Why Big Pharma is Scared and Big Businesses Want to Control the Monopoly  The Craft Explosion vs the Craft Cannabis Industry Personal Story of How Josh’s YouTube and Cannabis Business got Started Public Perception of Bigger Corporation Involvement Finding an Alternative Way While Continuing to Grow How Humor can Create Humbling Experiences CBD line   We Meet: Joshua Fletcher, CEO of The Fletcher Marsh Group / Potsquatch Growers   Episode References:  PotSquash YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/PotsquatchGrowers PotSquach Growers - https://potsquatchgrowers.com/ Grow Your Own Movement CBD - https://restoreskinbalance.com/product/potsquatch-cbd-tincture/ Lighting brand - https://solstrip.com/homepage/potsquatch-by-solstrip Swag - www.potsquatchgrowers.com   Connect: Connect with Rick: https://linktr.ee/mrrickjordan Connect with Guest: Thefletchermarshgroup@gmail.com or https://potsquatchgrowers.com/ Subscribe and Review to ALL IN with Rick Jordan on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher About Guest: Potsquatch Growers is a company under the Fletcher Marsh Group, on a mission. A mission to one educate, to release affordable, reliable, and quality technology, goods, and services in terms of people growing their own, and craft cannabis companies alike. The main cornerstone to anything we do is empowering the people.

When I say, 'Do your inner work,' it's in real life and real-time but it's also taking responsibility for your sovereignty. Have a disciplined breath practice in the morning or maybe have a reflective practice at the end of the day to sit with yourself for ten minutes in stillness and silence to think about it. Ask yourself, 'What could I have done better?', 'Could I have treated people differently?', 'How did I speak to myself today?', and pause so that the likelihood of that playing out in real-time when you’re in a more reactive state is going to be higher. - Stefanos Sifandos   Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST* Wellness Force Radio Episode 382 Relational Alchemist, International Speaker and Author, Stefanos Sifandos, returns to explain what all men face on their road to becoming a great man, what happens to our psyche and self-worth if we're focused on comparison, why we go back to old patterns, and how you can be friends with your ego.   What actually is inner work and what does it mean to be a good man?      Join us as Stefanos unpacks the 5 Tactical Virtues for Men: Strength, Courage, Mastery, Honor, and Connectivity.   ORGANIFI: Easy Organic Superfood   Get 20% off of your order with the code WELLNESSFORCE at organifi.com/WELLNESSFORCE   Start the day off right. A delicious Green Juice in the morning is one of the healthiest choices you can make. After that, you’ll see your NEXT healthy choice comes even easier. A healthy lunch is easier. A brisk walk is easier. You start feeling more confident. An afternoon Red Juice provides you with natural energy support, followed by a relaxing cup of Gold before bed. Now it’s so easy. It takes just 3 minutes a day to begin your new life. Start the domino effect in the right direction. Each blend in the Sunrise To Sunset Bundle is loaded with healthy herbs, healing mushrooms and super berries with amazing health benefits. Just mix it and sip it, knowing that you’re fueling your body and your life with the healthy choices that you need the most.   Listen To Episode 382 As Stefanos Sifandos Uncovers:   [1:30] Ways Of Being For Men Stefanos Sifandos 260 Stefanos Sifandos 277 Christine Hassler Exploring what ways of being and virtues men can honor. What has changed for Stefanos and Josh since their last interview including Josh going to be a father in 2021. Who Stefanos is today compared to when he first arrived to the USA from Australia. The choice we have to choose which aspects of ourselves we want to feed and bring to life. Exploring the new level of clarity and self-connection that he has now compared to when he was still in Australia. How he's come to a place of doubting himself less and honoring himself more. Unpacking one of the masculine's sickness: Over-extending as we identify ourselves and our self-worth through utility and usefulness. Why we come back to old patterns and toxic ways of being when we're met with new challenges and obstacles. The unhealthy drive he had to be seen as enough by his father. How other aspects of life can become tainted if we bring them into our personal space.   [15:30] Common Wounds That All Men Face How you have to allow yourself to fully feel and embrace all negative emotions to truly work through and let them go. 332 John Wineland Exploring the common wounds that all men face from childhood and into adulthood including rejection, abandonment, and humiliation. Why men lack ownership and responsibility to see themselves as enough when they turn to others, especially their partners, to give them that feedback. What happens to our psyche and sense of self-worth if all we're focusing on is our competition and doing better than others. Unpacking the different eras of men and masculinity over the last century including the industrial and agricultural revolutions and how that has impacted fathers and their children. The different phases Stefanos went through as a child including being a people-pleaser and a bully because of the sense of unavailability that he felt from his father.   [23:00] The 5 Tactical Virtues For Men Lao Tzu The School Of Life on YouTube How to Become an Adult - The School Of Life Jack Donovan - The Way of Men Unpacking the 5 Tactical Virtues - Strength, Courage, Mastery, Honor, and Stefano's 5th: Connectivity. Diving deep into just how important it is to take ownership and responsibility as a man. How men are disempowering themselves and giving their power away to the world. What the Shadow Way is and why it's about relationships, intimacy plus both giving and receiving love. Exploring what it means to be good at being a man through the 5 Tactical Virtues. How to cultivate emotional strength, spiritual strength, and resiliency to move through difficult times. Excuses Are Not Masculine  Why some men are addicted to complacency and excessive comfort but that doesn't make them a real man. How testing ourselves and meeting new challenges will help reveal who you really are at a man's masculine core.   [32:00] Do Hard Sh*T Every Day Why you should begin challenging yourself every day as part of your daily wellness practice. Where you can begin to integrate Stefanos' words of wisdom into your own inner work. The power of meeting yourself on your journey whenever you meet resistance. What other ways you can challenge yourself besides physical resistance including starting a new business, quitting, or asking someone out on a date. Why there's power even in challenging yourself with little things like taking a new route to work one day; whatever takes you out of your comfort zone. 212 Conner Moore Man Talks Podcast | Stefanos Sifandos – Understanding Masculine & Feminine Dynamics Unpacking the differences between the lower case 't,' upper case 'T' trauma, and even crossovers. How trauma can impact our behaviors, relationships, and personalities. Why exploring our traumas calls for actual, active work. How our past can take over the present moment when we haven't mastered ourselves yet. Viktor Frankl   [43:00] What The Inner Work Actually Is Unpacking what doing the inner work means and why it has to be done in real-time. Examples of active inner work from breathwork and meditation to self-reflection at the end of your day. What came up for Josh during a breathwork session with Stefanos last year including his father-wounding. Exploring what a Father Wound is and why it's something big that comes up for most men during their healing journeys. Closing the gap between the knowing and the doing during the inner work process. How the brain becomes addicted to familiar patterns that keep it safe. Why we're in a constant cycle of giving and receiving love plus why our patterns revolve around that. What threat funnels are and how they're connected to our physical body. The Gottman Institute The benefits of pausing, taking a deep breath, or going for a walk when you need it such as during an argument. Why at least 70% of all communication is actually non-verbal. 183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet The medicine that lies in spending time in nature and placing the palm of your hand over your heart.   [52:00] The Different Stages Of Manhood What reparenting psychology is and how you can apply it to your life to help you be more complete rather than rely on outside factors or relationships to do that for you. Activities that our ancient ancestors did such as hunting and how they can help us become more grounded. The motivation Stefanos had to spend days out in nature to come back to himself and his relationship with the earth. 364 Alison Armstrong Keys to The Kingdom by Alison Armstrong Exploring the different stages of manhood including the Prince Phase when men are deeply integrating and building their kingdom. Why men will naturally go in and out of different manhood stages along their journey and where Stefanos and Josh are currently at. How the current socio-economic circumstances largely around COVID-19 have impacted relationships, mentality, and freedom. Why he didn't feel isolated in nature at all compared to experiencing government lockdowns and the stimulus overload from social media. The recipe to become an embodied man by practicing self-awareness, forgiveness, feeling your emotions, and having difficult conversations. Why some of man's greatest gifts to humanity are their range of emotions, whom they connect with, and how they show up for others. Alan Watts   [1:04:00] Are You In A Comparison Trap? Paul Chek All Is God The ego trap and how it keeps us from being fully grateful for all that we have in our lives. Why we can be stuck on the idea that we will never be enough. The impact of putting our parents up on a pedestal can have on our mindset about ourselves. Why there will always be a middle way during our own journeys and there will never be peace in the world because life is like a pendulum. How the experiences that we have, positive and negative, lead us to perceive the quality of our life. Why we shouldn't be asking the question, "How do I find inner peace?" because it's an allusion. The mindset hijacking that the mass media does by constantly putting out negative headlines each day. Why we get caught in the idea that if we have this and that, then we can stop the war inside of ourselves and will be fulfilled. Exploring the alternate fuel source that won't lead us down a path of continued co-dependency. Why answering the question, "What do I need to feel safe?", can actually be overwhelming for some people. How to bring yourself back into the present moment to help you figure out what you need to feel safe enough.     [1:13:00] Death To The Ego What happens when we find ourselves in an undesirable state of being including spiritual bypassing. How we can keep ourselves from falling prey to the toxic mindset of good vibes only. Why we tend to always stay the course when we've made a decision instead of making changes which is the ultimate ego death. The choice we always have to drop our old identity, ways of thinking, and ways of being but it will come with pain. Why we cannot dissolve the ego and become someone new unless we integrate the shadow work as well. How Josh's stance on Ayahuasca has shifted and why he's no longer an advocate for it. Why you have to do the deep work in a familiar state of consciousness with breathwork and meditation before doing it in unfamiliar states of consciousness using plant medicine and psychedelics. The importance of actually pausing and doing the work instead of relying on the next external factor such as Ayahuasca to heal you. Why Josh had to do a year and a half of PTSD recovery after an Ayahuasca ceremony. Breathe by Stefanos Sifandos 382 Anahata Ananda The power of doing breathwork to alter your state of consciousness instead of trying plant medicine or psychedelics. 345 Zach Bush MD 362 Zach Bush MD How to proceed with caution to ensure that you receive the best care and support from your shaman during a plant medicine ceremony.       [1:23:00] Applying The 3 Stages Of Intelligence Unpacking the first steps a man can take as he begins to apply the three stages of intelligence. Why community and surrounding yourself with other men that support and challenge you are so important to help you grow. The difference between meeting with your community in person compared to a Zoom call and why a digital connection does not have the same energetic response. How fear is being multiplied on fear as government officials are releasing statements such as, "If you have to sing, wear a mask, and don't sing too loud." The mass media narrative right now that wants to divide society when the very thing we need is to be an embodied community. Exploring the choice we have right now: We can feed the fear or do our own research on what's going on. 361 Luke Storey The fact that we humans have been born from bacteria and viruses; we have also survived because of bacteria and viruses. Different thresholds of fear that we all move through and how we can do the inner work and investigate why we are afraid. The personal, emotional struggles he has gone through and what he realized about his negative feelings that has helped him through COVID-19 regulations. Why wearing a face mask and breathing in your own carbon monoxide on a repeated basis is not healthy. 353 Dr. Ben Lynch 344 Leslie Manookian 348 Dr. William Li   1:31:30 Standing Up For Our Health Freedom Breaking down and answering the question: How long will it take until we stand up for our health freedom and rights? Why things will have to get worse before we are no longer complacent with what is happening in our world because of the coronavirus. Where the collective consciousness is right now and why we have to experience more pain to transform and transmute. How our nervous system has been hijacked as we are forced into fear with the COVID-19 slogan, 'Stay Safe.' Why the truth about what is going on with COVID-19 and its agenda is actually very clear when you do the research and look at the data. CV19 Truth Series: Protecting Your Health Freedom Why courage is something that we can never embody unless we actually lean into it and practice it. What he loves and doesn't like about the app, TikTok. Further exploring what it takes to be a good man in today's modern age and why it's up to you to figure that out on your own during your life's journey. Ben Greenfield Boundless by Ben Greenfield Why being present and mindful of your thoughts, actions, and what actually matters to you can bring extraordinary wellness into your life. breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community   Power Quotes From The Show What Happens When You Give Your Power Away   “We need to do our inner work and it leads back to the 5 Tactical Virtues - Strength, Courage, Mastery, Honor, and Connectivity so that we can achieve sovereign empowerment. We need to take responsibility for ourselves because the moment we say it’s someone else’s responsibility or we blame someone for something like not feeling a particular way or experiencing life in the way that we want to experience life, we disempower ourselves and we give our power away. That does either one of two things; we either retract from the world or we lash out in the world." - Stefanos Sifandos   Navigating The Shadow Way   "The shadow way is about intimacy and relationships. It’s about how you give and receive love. It’s about whether you’re allowing people in and surrendering to that or you are too scared of love because you’re afraid of loss." - Stefanos Sifandos   Do Something That Scares You Every Day     "Do something that scares you every day and I'm not suggesting you go put your life at risk but at what point do you draw the line? We're all going to have to move through different fears and thresholds; some of which are higher than others. I call it the elastic band effect. Your elastic band or tolerance might be longer or shorter in some areas compared to how it is for other people but eventually it will snap. So you want to bring yourself to the place right before it snaps because that's your edge and then peak over. If you have a deep fear of physical contact, for example, that's a great opportunity for you to look into that and what it actually means." - Stefanos Sifandos     Links From Today's Show    The Conscious Warrior Reclaim Your Kingdom Chaos To Clarity Be The Queen Energy Healing Program Conscious Mentorship with Stefanos Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Stefanos Sifandos Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube TikTok LinkedIn Pinterest   About Stefanos Sifandos Stefanos Sifandos has been immersed in deep men’s empowerment work and the exploration of intimate and sacred relationships. Merging the best of eastern and western methodologies and philosophies to promote balance, sacredness and power in life and love.   Using integrative techniques and methods, such as neural-empowerment, Shamanic Praxis, holotropic and biodynamic breath work, trauma release and integration, western psychology, Eastern Mysticism and more, Stefanos has created programs, models and systems to enhance the quality of your life, your intimate relationships and in essence bring you closer to your potential.       What It Means To Be A Good Man     Having also traversed the depths of his own pain, suicidal thoughts and fears profoundly, He has overcome destructive patterns and has faced and overcome multiple ‘ego deaths’. Stefanos understands there is difference between culturally defined masculinity and sacred masculinity. He further explores what it means to be a GOOD man and to be GOOD at being a man in today’s world.   Stef holds degrees in Behavioural Science, Philosophy and a Master Degree in Sustainability & Commerce. He is also qualified in the areas of: Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Psych-K®, Vira Tantric Principles & Masculine Ethos Philosophies (Agama Yoga), Hypnosis, public speaking, Reiki, group facilitation, training & assessment, varied high-intensity training methodologies, physical & psychological conditioning and performance coaching. He also holds extensive experience in the areas of Ayurvedic medicine, life coaching, mindset coaching & holistic health. Stef embodies all of this interconnected wisdom & experience to facilitate authentic & connected leadership development programs globally.   Stefanos' Mission   "My mission is to be a VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS; to assist individuals in actualising the fullness of their potentiality; to relate consciously to each other with authentic love; be a conscious steward of Earth and continue to evolve and expand the entirety of my being – this is my humble gift to humanity and to my own soul".     Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. A simple, powerful 21 minute morning system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well. Get Your Calm Mind + Immunity Building Guide  *6 science based morning practices guaranteed to give you more energy and less weight in 21 Minutes. *7 day guided B.R.E.A.T.H.E breathwork included.   More Top Episodes 226 Paul Chek: The Revolution Is Coming (3 Part Series) 131 Drew Manning: Emotional Fitness 129 Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies  183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet: Brain Science 196 Aubrey Marcus: Own The Day 103 Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat Best of The Best: The Top 10 Guests From over 200 Shows Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the #WellnessWarrior Community on Facebook Tweet us on Twitter: Send us a tweet Comment on the Facebook page

Josh Silverman is the CEO @ Etsy, leading the company as it builds a platform that empowers creative entrepreneurs around the world. Prior to their IPO, Etsy raised funding from some of the best in the business including Danny Rimer @ Index, Albert Wenger @ USV and Jim Breyer @ Accel to name a few. Prior to Etsy, Josh served as President of Consumer Products and Services at American Express, was the CEO of Skype, and CEO of shopping.com, and he held various executive roles at eBay. Josh is also currently on the board of directors of Shake Shack. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Josh made his entry into the world of startups, came to be CEO of Skype and how he came to be CEO of Etsy? How did Josh's political background prepare him for being a public markets CEO? 2.) How does Josh think about 10 year plans? What is the right alternative? What does Josh do when he does not know what to do? How does Josh think about head vs heart in decision-making? How does Josh think about downside protection and risk mitigation with decisions? 3.) Why does Josh believe that you should, "never let a crisis go to waste"? How does he interpret that? Does Josh believe you learn more from success than failure? Why does Josh believe many succeed in spite of, not because of? How does Josh connote happiness to a milestone of success? What is true happiness for Josh? 4.) How does Josh think about winning today? What is the framework Josh believes founders need to put in place to optimise their chance of winning? How does Josh structure his team at Etsy to optimise for speed and experimentation? What has worked? What has not worked? 5.) How can leaders create a system where failure is minimised? How does Josh implement a "red hat vs green hat" decision making process around new ideas at Etsy? What question does Josh and the team ask with every experiment? How should one analyse the cost of rolling back a decision? 6.) How does Josh determine between dogma and good practice in a company? What is the right way to remove antiquated dogma without damaging morale? What were some of the biggest challenges from his doing this on entry at Etsy? Item’s Mentioned In Today’s Episode Josh’s Favourite Book: Grant As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Simms chats with Bills QB Josh Allen prior to Buffalo's Divisional round game against the Ravens. The bromance is real.(1:00) Josh picks his best play of the year, and explains why Week 2 against the Dolphins was a turning point(4:45) How losses to the Titans & Chiefs help the Bills right the ship(6:40) How Josh deals with the haters and self-curses thyself to get past mistakes(10:20) Changes to his mechanics helped his accuracy(13:50) Josh talks us through 2 key plays vs the Colts last week(17:40) When did facing a blitz become something to attack and not to fear?(18:50) Best way to describe the Ravens D, keys to playing in the snow, and keeping tabs on Lamar & Baker(22:00) The one thing that Sean McDermott hasn't quite accepted about his QB(23:50) Simms serenades Josh with his official song: "Giddy Up Josh Allen"

When someone brings up the subject of content marketing for real estate investors, folks generally fall into one of two groups; those that are currently creating content to build their business and their brand and those that say, “what the heck is content marketing”? Why Should Real Estate Investors Care About Content Marketing? Real estate investors should care about content marketing because when done correctly, it makes all your marketing work better.  To put it another way, every dollar you spend on marketing yields greater results because of it. The bottom line is if you aren’t actively creating content today you’re getting left behind.  It’s as simple as that.  It’s no longer optional for your business. Understand that you don’t need a blog or a podcast.  Today you’ll discover how you can easily create content that works to create visibility, brand awareness, and credibility that will ultimately get you more deals and better deals.  After all, that’s what we want, isn’t it? Today’s Show My guest today is Josh Culler.  Josh is the owner of Culler Media and REI.VIDEO.  He’s been in the real estate investing industry since 2013.  Josh focuses his services on active real estate investors and real estate influencers providing content marketing, primarily video content and podcasting. Josh has 2 podcasts himself, but today we’re going to focus on how to create video content easily, without a lot of stress, and without any fancy equipment. This is a content marketing strategy that anyone can implement. Show Notes Here is some of what you will learn today: How Josh got started in real estate at 20 years old Figuring out he wasn’t in love with real estate itself, rather the life it could create for him The top 3 reasons real estate investors don’t do content marketing Why you must be creating some type of content to stand out in this business Josh’s tough love for people that shy away from creating video…ouch! Ideas for creating content that gets results Why you have everything you need to get started The best types of video investors should make to get more deals and better deals The video that is more important to have on your website than an about me video Quote Mentioned in this Show “People don’t buy the best products and services; they buy the products and services they understand the fastest”.  Donald Miller of Story Brand Resources Mentioned in the Show Rev Temi Descript Book: The Visual Sale by Marcus Sheridan   Be sure to stop by the Louisville Gal’s Real Estate Blog for more great content.       .  

Today we have Joshua B. Lee, who runs a new venture called Standout Authority. He has a lot of experience and knows what to do with traffic having done this for legends in the marketing space for years. On today’s show, we are chatting about how to get engagement on LinkedIn and get real people to listen to you. We are diving back into LinkedIn lately ourselves, and on this show, you’ll hear why that is, and get some real a-ha moments as we did. Even if LinkedIn isn’t your jam, Joshua talks about the human algorithm and how he connects with folks in a unique way. He has a strategy to get into their world and figure out ways to collaborate or get them as a client, so it’s definitely applicable everywhere.  The dopamine hit is that initial conversation, and your value isn’t in likes but is in having a good conversation with people. Josh has definitely been on the other side as well, and we chat about how to really connect on LinkedIn without the dumpster fire full of spam. Plus, if you have an older account you don’t have to start over, and we talk about ways you can revitalize it. When you’re done be sure to check out our conversations with Will Wang and Josh Turner for more insight into how to leverage LinkedIn to improve your business relationships, how to grow a following organically, and how to use LinkedIn groups.  “There’s no B2B or B2C, there’s only H2H - Human to Human.” - Joshua B. Lee Some Topics We Discussed Include: Avoid doing these specific things on LinkedIn, especially if you do not want to be banned  The 10/20/70 content rule What your SSI score is on LinkedIn and how to improve it Why you want to include your job from high school on your profile How Josh was able to close a multi-million dollar deal with the help of Sales Navigator From buying selling traffic for MySpace to starting over again by moving back home with his folks How to get out of your home office “prison” and be completely open to your surroundings How talking like a 5th grader will improve your connections Examples of what to say when you are first connecting with someone - without being sales-y. Resources From Joshua B. Lee: StandoutAuthority.com LinkedIn Authority Accelerator References and Links Mentioned: Hemmingway app LinkedIn Sales Navigator Are you ready to be EPIC with us?! Then grab our EGP Letter here! Did you know we have an awesome YouTube Channel?  Join the Facebook Community - be sure to hop in our Facebook group to chat with us, our other amazing guests that we’ve had on the show, and fellow entrepreneurs! This episode is sponsored by our go-to SEO research tool, Ahrefs.com, and by  Easy Webinar - be sure to check out these special deals for our listeners. The Cold Outreach Strategy Guide - Will Wang A LinkedIn Strategy Guide - Josh Turner    

No question, the hospitality industry is among the hardest hit by COVID-19. And yet, Josh McCallen is thriving. The distressed Renault Winery Resort he bought in December 2018 is sold out for 2021, and revenues are up 200% from last year. So, why is Josh doing well while others are struggling? Are there opportunities for investors in the hospitality space right now? And what can we multifamily syndicators learn from Josh’s others-focused approach to business? Josh is the hospitality investment expert behind Accountable Equity, a firm specializing in resort value-add and turnaround projects, and VIVÂMEE Hospitality, the management company that operates those assets. In the past two decades, Josh has led over $100M in luxury residential and hospitality construction projects, growing the revenue of the resorts he manages by 10X in less than six years and increasing the appraised value of those properties by 70%. On this episode of Apartment Building Investing, Josh joins cohost Garrett Lynch and I to share his journey as an entrepreneur and discuss how helping flippers during the boom evolved into the work he does now. He explains how his company’s focus on resorts (not hotels) has helped them thrive despite the pandemic, describing how his team’s expertise in sales drives the kind of distressed assets they buy. Listen in for insight on the opportunities available to investors in the hospitality space right now and learn how a service-based, ministry model helps Josh serve both his guests and investors well. Key Takeaways How Josh got his start as an entrepreneur Sold cotton candy to classmates in grade school Paper boy at 12 (collect pay from customers) When Josh got into real estate Bought duplex with wife in late 1990’s Started helping flippers in 2006 What Josh does in real estate today Runs hospitality development company Acquire distressed resorts for rehab + repositioning What differentiates VIVÂMEE as a management company Start with core values (dignity of every person) Loyalty and recurring business model Why Josh is doing well despite the pandemic Focus on resorts (multiple revenue streams) Sell experience, i.e.: wedding at winery Earn revenue now for 2021 and 2022 reservations Room revenue = trailing indicator What Josh looks for in a property High volume of inbound calls for weddings Older/tired owner losing money, just breaking even What makes Josh a good operator Experience of taking over for management collapse Treat hospitality as ministry, make guests feel loved How Josh’s others-focused model extends to his investors Treat investors as guests Apply hospitality to fundraising How Josh structures a resort deal Charge asset management fee Zero split until investors fully repaid + preferences 50/50 split moving forward Connect with Josh McCallen Accountable Equity Capital Hacking Podcast Resources Join the Nighthawk Equity Investor Club Learn More About Michael’s Mentoring Program VIVÂMEE Hospitality Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki Renault Winery Resort Renault on Instagram The Real Estate Guys Cashflow Ninja Podcast Show Notes  Michael’s Website Michael on Facebook Michael on Instagram Michael on YouTube Apartment Investor Network Facebook Group

Josh Kaufman is an entrepreneur, researcher, and author of three bestselling books – The Personal MBA, The First 20 Hours, and How to Fight a Hydra. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Josh, so if you haven't already, I recommend you go back and listen to Part 1 where we discussed: The concept of exploration/exploitation and how it helps you decide what to work on The system Josh uses for choosing what to outsource How Josh applied the fundamental law of marketing to his book Personal MBA In this second part, we cover: How to overcome akrasia defined as a lack of self-control or acting against your better judgment The autofocus method Josh uses to manage his to-do list and the research methods he's used to produce 3 bestselling books The need to acknowledge tradeoffs in business and life and the dangers of optimising something too early

How did Josh become fluent in German? Why doesn't Feli sound like a typical German when speaking English? What are our tips for learning a second language and losing your accent? In this episode, we address all of the questions that you guys have asked us regarding our language skills.Timestamps: 00:05:12 How Josh learned German | 00:32:57 How Feli learned English | 00:53:35 Your questions & our tips5 Mistakes Germans Make in English▸https://youtu.be/lHCex5L-0JcCHANNELS FOR LEARNING GERMAN:Easy GermanDeutsch lernen mit der DWLearn GermanGet GermanizedLearn German with GermanPod101.comLearn German with Anja You can also listen to us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, and Amazon Music!Follow us on Instagram▸instagram.com/understandingtrainstation • Support us on Patreon▸patreon.com/understandingtrainstation • Buy us a coffee▸buymeacoffee.com/utspodcast • Email us▸understandingtrainstation@gmail.com • Website▸understandingtrainstation.comCheck out all the videos with Josh and Feli on the "German Girl in America" YouTube channel▸https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvcmNAGhcEEMm1zpbbFcz41YALTd2eAed

It’s an age-old adage – books are a three-dimensional business card. In today’s vernacular (from the book Sell With Authority) a book is an excellent example of cornerstone content. Many agency owners I know are curious about how to become a successful author but have decided they’ll never have the time or space to actually write that book. Josh Steimle has helped many clients recognize that they actually can get that book written and it doesn’t have to take years or be a painful experience. Josh is an agency owner and former guest (Episode #182). As his agency (MWI) matured and his partners were running the day-to-day operations, Josh decided to explain what it takes to become a book author to grow their businesses just like he had done for his agency. During our conversation, Josh explains how agency owners can write a book that demonstrates their expertise and allows them to step into their authority position. He then breaks down the book writing process to make it faster, less cumbersome, and very doable for the busy agency owner who wants to learn how to become a successful author. This is the episode for you if you’d like to add the title “author” to your list of accomplishments. Josh busts many myths and helps the listeners chart a course to getting that first draft done! A big thank you to our podcast’s presenting sponsor, White Label IQ. They’re an amazing resource for agencies who want to outsource their design, dev, or PPC work at wholesale prices. Check out their special offer (10 free hours!) for podcast listeners here. What You Will Learn in This Episode: If you decide to go with a different keyword, make sure to have the keyword listed in at least one bullet point in bold. How to write a book and use it as cornerstone content Why a book is a strong way to tie your thought leadership and content creation efforts together How to become a successful author so you can build your agency’s position of authority. How Josh helps business owners navigate the book writing process Why being an author and having a book escalates your agency’s growth and creates new opportunities How being an author can actually shorten your sales cycle Different ways you can use storytelling techniques to write a business book How to organize the content/expertise you already have into an outline for your book “Thought leadership has a lot of potential, and there are so many different places to publish and promote our content. A book is the glue that binds all of our content creation efforts together.” @joshsteimleCLICK TO TWEET“There are three hard parts to writing a book: getting started, finishing it, and everything in between.” @joshsteimleCLICK TO TWEET“If you have tossed around the idea of how to become a successful author, it is easier than you think. A book helps agency leaders propel their businesses in directions they don’t normally get to go.” @joshsteimleCLICK TO TWEET“We’ve had potential clients call us and say, ‘we read your book, we want to work with you, send us a contract.'” @joshsteimleCLICK TO TWEET“Even if it’s a bad book, it takes so much work for agency leaders to get a book done. That is why you need a process for how to become a successful author.” @joshsteimleCLICK TO TWEET Ways to contact Josh Steimle: Website: https://www.mwi.com/ Website: https://www.joshsteimle.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuasteimle/ Book: https://amzn.to/2Es5rmI Additional Resources: Executive Summary Money Matters Live Workshop  Build and Nurture Your Agency’s Sales Funnel Live Workshop Sell with Authority (buy Drew’s book) Facebook Group for the Build a Better Agency Podcast  

How do you land your first syndication deal without a track record in multifamily? Well, it all starts with networking. Networking with brokers. Networking with potential investors. Networking with other multifamily operators. And if you can get plugged a real estate investing community, you can leverage the knowledge and experience of investors who’ve been where you want to go and fast-track your success! Barry Flavin is a mentor with the Michael Blank organization and Managing Partner at New Mission Capital, a multifamily investment firm out of Detroit, Michigan. He got his start in real estate eight years ago, building a portfolio of 30 single family rentals before making the shift to multifamily. Barry has a background in software sales and spent six years working as an air traffic controller before discovering real estate, and today, he owns 387 units, leveraging his expertise in investor relations to grow the business. On this episode of Apartment Building Investing, Barry joins cohost Drew Whitson and I to explain how an air traffic controller ends up in real estate, walking us through his transition from building a portfolio of single family rentals to raising capital for large multifamily deals. He discusses the advantages of focusing his investments in a single market, describing how he found his partner, Josh, and what they do to secure consistent deal flow. Listen in for Barry’s insight on avoiding expensive mistakes with 1:1 mentoring and find out how YOU can accelerate your success through the Michael Blank community. Key Takeaways What inspired Barry’s interest real estate Looking to supplement government pension Desire to travel in retirement Barry’s initial real estate investing strategy Fix up and sell personal residences BRRRR method (build SFH rental portfolio) How Josh funded his early real estate investments Start with own cash, retirement accounts Borrow from private lenders and refinance properties How Barry and Josh structure their partnership Josh finds and underwrites deals + operates portfolio Barry’s focus on investor relationships, raising capital How Barry raised $2.8M for his first 144-unit deal Lot of phone calls, emails, coffees and dinners Scrambling after few weeks but fell into place Barry’s advice on making a capital raise less stressful Touchpoints 1, 2 and 3 while still looking for deal Show potential investors sample deal package How Barry benefits from focusing on the Detroit market Knowledge of best neighborhoods to invest Track record + broker relationships = deal flow Barry’s advice for aspiring investors without a track record Network with brokers and investors Add value to partner (borrow their reputation) The #1 thing new syndicators need to do to be successful Deep dive into online content to learn language Get plugged into community Barry’s insight on having in-house property management Can outsource in beginning, interview for best fit Consider in-house team as business scales How Barry thinks about adding to his team Weakness around building funnel for new investors May hire admin to streamline marketing strategy Barry’s take on goal setting for multifamily Don’t have set number of units Consistently do GOOD deals (minimum of 2/year) Barry’s advice to his younger self Learn to use money as tool much sooner Accelerate real estate with 1:1 coaching program Barry’s advice for aspiring multifamily investors Be coachable and follow through Don’t get stuck in analysis paralysis Learn from every deal (even if don’t go through) Don’t listen to naysayers Connect with Barry Flavin New Mission Capital Email barry@newmissioncapital.com Barry on LinkedIn Resources Learn More About Michael’s Mentoring Program Syndicated Deal Analyzer CDC Moratorium on Evictions Josh Sterling on Apartment Building Investing EP091 Sample Deal Package Josh Gozlan on Apartment Building Investing EP078 Deal Maker’s Mastermind Garrett Lynch on Apartment Building Investing EP231 Podcast Show Notes Michael’s Website Michael on Facebook Michael on Instagram Michael on YouTube Apartment Investor Network Facebook Group

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 245 with Josh Rondeau. What a GREAT time this was hamming it up talking about old school strength. - What the Russians were writing about in the 60s and 70s that inspired us many decades later - The best Old School Strength Books from the 70s and 80s - How Josh created the awesome Hook Bar - VIDEO: A tour of Josh's garage gym, you can watch on https://youtube.com/zevenesh - Josh's favorite books that he regularly reviews for inspiration and education - Stories of how people viewed me when bodybuilding in Israel the Summer of 1994 - Plus tons more.... Connect with Josh on IG: https://www.instagram.com/strengthandpowerreview/ RESOURCES: http://ZachStrength.com http://UndergroundStrengthCert.com http://SLBrotherhood.com