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Life or Death: Bringing the circus to town

January 06, 2021 19:57 - 27 minutes - 1.61 KB

Today the wrestler known as Life or Death called in to share his thoughts on fear and dealing with anxiety and depression. Life or Death talks about feeling like the world is difficult and tough and he is wanting to find fulfillment in it where he asks himself who is he going to be? He talks about always looking to make progress and move forward. He also speaks about how important art and theater is for people. His goal is to have constant circuses playing because he loves the creative expres...

Dad: Love, Family and You are Not Alone

January 01, 2021 07:26 - 30 minutes - 1.81 KB

Today marks the end of my 2020 podcasting journey and I am delighted to have had a chance to connect with my dad as the final podcast in the Calling On You series. This has been an amazing journey where I spoke with a new person every day of the year. The anticipation of my dad closing out 2020 and being the final podcast of the year (podcast #377) was not only special but felt complete since my mom was episode #1 on the very first day of the 2020 year. My dad spoke about inheriting his work ...

MiMi: The love of a puppy

December 31, 2020 07:16 - 36 minutes - 2.16 KB

Today MiMi called in to share her story about her fear of losing her puppy-and then when it finally came, the pain and grief that she experienced after it happened was unbearable. MiMi takes us through the story of her life and the trauma that she went through while she was young. She talks about being born in a hut and immigrating to America where she lived in a studio in a poor neighborhood- but seemingly rich compared to her village. MiMi talks about moving to New York and being injured at...

Jeremy: A hard look at ourselves

December 30, 2020 06:07 - 1 hour - 5.05 KB

Today Jeremy called in to share his story of documenting and reporting on what is happening in America today in regards to the “Left vs Right” political narratives on his website Public Report. I have been talking with Jeremy and watching his work as he traveled around the United States doing the hard beat reporting that not many journalists do any more. Jeremy has been interviewing members from the Anarchist Movement to the leaders of the Proud Boys to embedding himself in the Antifa black b...

Jenny: Every day goals

December 29, 2020 07:04 - 21 minutes - 1.26 KB

Today Jenny called in to share her experience with fear, work and taking risks. Jenny is young, 18 but she is super ambitious. She was very concerned about finding a job since she is young and didn’t have the resume and qualifications that other people applying might have. Yet Jenny didn’t let the doubts deter her from applying to hundreds of jobs. She finally landed a job and learned as much as she could. Then an opportunity presented itself where Jenny could get another role in the company,...

Brian: To love, family and the bonds that tie

December 28, 2020 06:33 - 47 minutes - 2.79 KB

Today Brian called in to share his story about finding out at age 17 that he carried the traits for Huntington's Disease. Now that Brian is turning 27 soon he has been thinking more about what this disease means for his future and his time here on earth. Brian talks to us about being adopted and the impact that it had on him, he shared his perspective on what family means to him, his dreams and aspirations for the future and his amazing poetry. Brian talks about his love for sports and hockey...

Dauna: Every day is a gift

December 27, 2020 06:26 - 56 minutes - 3.31 KB

Today Dauna called in to share her fear of love, loss and thoughts about a grieving heart. Dauna’s husband warned her before they got married that he was terminally sick and that the doctor had warned him that he didn’t have much time to live. This did not deter Dauna nor her love and there was always a little part of her that thought maybe, just maybe the doctor might be wrong. For 16 years they went in and out of the hospital for countless treatments. Dauna talks about being a writer and ch...

Ben: Go for it

December 26, 2020 06:08 - 24 minutes - 1.46 KB

Today Ben called in to share his story about fear and finding the courage to get outside his comfort zone and go for the things that he desires in life. Ben talks about growing up completely shy and identifying as an introvert. He was nervous speaking in front of people and his voice would become a murmur - mouse soft. Ben talks about having goals that inspired him to get into acting and film making - at his core he was a creative that wanted an outlet to express himself. One day he went to a...

David: Building a foundation first

December 25, 2020 04:14 - 58 minutes - 3.44 KB

Today David called in to share his journey that spanned from leaving college to start his career in the advertising industry to then starting his own boutique agency and then into retirement and writing books to help out people that he found himself providing the same advice to answer the same questions over and over again. David’s initial fear was based around the “Am i good enough” and “can I make it” mindset when he was first starting out in advertising. He quickly realized that if he aske...

Michael: Defining who I want to be

December 24, 2020 07:07 - 42 minutes - 2.52 KB

Today Michael called in to share his story about fear and his mission to help other childhood trauma victims live a better and more fulfilling life. Michael shares his amazing journey starting from when he was a child dealing with poverty and living on the streets to having abusive parents and a racist grandmother. Michael went from hustling on the streets to eventually getting a high paying corporate job in sales that exposed him to the other side of life extremities. His life, whichever way...

Braeden: Letting your guard down

December 23, 2020 04:49 - 32 minutes - 1.92 KB

Today Braeden called in to share his story of fear and challenging his own ego. Braeden talks about being cut from Hockey teams at a young age and he suspects that was a formative event. He was extremely combative and had dreams of playing pro hockey. At that point he decided he would excel at everything, form school to sports to relationships but the kink in the armor was that he felt like he always had to be perfect and make everyone else think that he was perfect as well. Braeden talks us ...

Joanna: Get curious

December 23, 2020 04:48 - 30 minutes - 1.81 KB

Today Burnie called in to share his story of fear and reinvention of the self. When Coronavirus swept through the world and upended life as everyone knew it, 2020 very quickly became the year that on one hand was devastating, challenging and for many heartbreaking; but Burnie had an epiphany, he was going to turn 2020 on it’s head and re-invent himself. He looked at the year as an opportunity. He might be taking a financial hit but it was all of a sudden clear that this was a moment in time t...

Burnie: See the world with new eyes

December 21, 2020 04:42 - 17 minutes - 1.03 KB

Today Burnie called in to share his story of fear and reinvention of the self. When Coronavirus swept through the world and upended life as everyone knew it, 2020 very quickly became the year that on one hand was devastating, challenging and for many heartbreaking; but Burnie had an epiphany, he was going to turn 2020 on it’s head and re-invent himself. He looked at the year as an opportunity. He might be taking a financial hit but it was all of a sudden clear that this was a moment in time t...

Rick: Living with Purpose

December 20, 2020 04:52 - 30 minutes - 1.77 KB

Today Rick called in to share his story about fear and following through with your ambitions, goals and dreams. Rick had a very successful corporate career but one thing that he always wanted to do in life was write and publish a book. He received early feedback from his professors that his ideas where good but he wasn’t clear enough in expressing them in writing. This lead him to doubt himself and defer this goal of becoming an author. Rick talks about reading a guide on how to publish a boo...

Jessica Jacobs and Chris Goldberg of Winterlight Pictures

December 19, 2020 01:26 - 27 minutes

Stories are all around us…from books to short stories, to YouTube videos and podcasts. But what does it take to transform one of those stories into a binge-worthy series or the next blockbuster hit? For Chris Goldberg and Jessica Jacobs, their movie career paths crossed when they both worked at Studio 8, hunting and buying stories before competing film studios could snatch them up. Now they've partnered up on projects as Chris runs Winterlight Pictures, shifting from being the buyer o...

Jarie: Transfer of energy

December 19, 2020 01:18 - 30 minutes - 1.8 KB

Today Jarie called in to share his experience with fear and loss. Jarie shares a story the time in his life when he and his wife Jane learned that she had leukemia. The realization of the severity of her ailment was traumatizing, scary and painful. No one in life can train us for these types of experience. The realization of the fragility of life, the constant erosion of time and how fast a life can pass though it, and how to be in the face of losing those that we love. Jarie also shares impo...

Tashika: The importance of forgiving ourselves and empathy

December 18, 2020 06:20 - 17 minutes - 1.04 KB

Today Tashika called in to share her story of dealing with fear and postpartum depression and anxiety. Tashika talks about feeling like she was on an emotional rollercoaster. She felt like she had no out and because she had a family that depended on her she felt ashamed for having the emotions that she was feeling. This caused her to feel even worse about herself, like she was not giving enough and she was supposed to be giving more. Tashika talks about getting help, finding a community for s...

Don: Gummy bears

December 17, 2020 04:20 - 18 minutes - 1.11 KB

Today Don called in to share his thoughts on fear… or lack there of thoughts on fear. As it turns out, Don doesn’t think much about fear at all. As you can tell from the podcast call that we had, Don likes to laugh and have fun. Fear doesn’t really fit into the equation and when asked about thoughts on fear for others it was met with… “Gummy bears”. On the surface it might seems random and obscure but on the flip side is brilliant in its simplicity. Fear doesn’t need to be scary. What if we m...

Jen: Flying through fear

December 15, 2020 05:52 - 24 minutes - 1.45 KB

Today Jen called in to share her fear of heights. We spoke about how in college Jen was inspired to join the Peace Corps and this driving inspiration was a force that made challenging fears worth while. Jen talks about when your inspirations, ambitions and callings are larger than your fears you will surpass anything in life that might hold you back. Jen talks about being a life long learner, having a growth mindset and the importance of asking questions. When facing a fear, ask yourself… wha...

Phoenixx: Strength to build

December 14, 2020 03:13 - 25 minutes - 1.47 KB

Today Phoenixx called in to share her story of fear and stage fright. Phoenixx talks about a lot of her vulnerabilities that she has worked through over the years starting with her fear of being on stage. She has always worked in the music industry starting with writing songs for other people. In order for her to get closer to her dream of being on stage she started hosting events and gradually working her way into the spotlight. This process opened up more doors and expanded Phoenixx’s netwo...

AMDunes: Going into the cave

December 13, 2020 05:20 - 14 minutes - 893 Bytes

Today I spoke with AMDunes about his fear of when he went into a cave and found himself feeling alone and in the complete darkness. It was a physiological scare where he realized that the feeling of being in a confined space, lost in a cave in the pitch black was a phobia and a tormenting one at that. The interesting thing about caves are the symbolism - we all enter our own caves to face our own dragons. Caves hold the things we are scared of and until we enter and face these things they wil...

Edo: Do it just once

December 12, 2020 06:47 - 33 minutes - 1.99 KB

Today Edo called in to share his story of fear and trying something even though it was scary. Edo was afraid of swimming - it was something that his mom challenged him to do and told him it was manly to be able to swim. Edo talks about coming from a latin family where you had to show your toughness. A friend encouraged him to swim in the ocean, which is such a powerful expansive force with truly wild animals lurking beneath the surface which we can not see, and Edo faced his fears and swam fo...

Djenika: Fear is a mindset

December 11, 2020 00:57 - 10 minutes - 658 Bytes

Today Djenika called in to share her fear of flying and what it was like the first time she faced her fear. Djenika talks about how scared she was to fly but a friend of hers kept encouraging her to face her fear and go on a trip. So she agreed. Djenika talks about how fear is a mindset and she realized that she can overcome any fear that stands in her way with the mindset of challenging her fear and not letting it limit her. https://www.instagram.com/nikka__pretty/

Joanna: MeToo

December 10, 2020 04:18 - 8 minutes - 503 Bytes

Today Joanna called in to share her story about fear and the difficulty of dealing with men hitting on her in inappropriate ways when she does her photo shoots. We talked about the #metoo movement that swept across America and also the rest of the world with woman standing up and saying that they have had enough of being put into inappropriate, compromising and scary positions. Joanna’s story echoes those concerns and stresses that many woman have had to deal with. Joanna is also a business o...

Rick Thompson with The Quantum Mindset in a Nutshell

December 09, 2020 22:00 - 24 minutes

For the first part of his life, the world told Rick Thompson that he was disruptive and slow. He was even placed in special education classes due to his daydreaming nature and ideas. In reality, Rick just thought differently than everyone else. Something he didn’t realize until he was old enough to dissect just how the mind works...uncovering the dormant power he had to realize his fullest potential. Being able to break away from pre-conceived notions with the help of quantum the...

Stiz: Self love

December 09, 2020 05:39 - 11 minutes - 701 Bytes

Today Stiz called in to share her recent experience with fear. When covid hit this year she lost her job and was concerned about how she would make rent and pay bills. The fear sunk in and doubt was clouding her mindset. Then she began to realize that now was the perfect time for her to start pursing her dreams of being independent and starting her own company. She knew life would always have its ups and downs and if it was down right now then it was time to start making things go back up. St...

Jonas: Risk and Resilience

December 08, 2020 05:27 - 42 minutes - 2.49 KB

Today Jonas called in to share his story about fear and launching his own creative company. Jonas has always worked with creatives helping them on their missions to create amazing work but he hadn’t ventured out on his own and fully tapped into his own creative genius. He wanted to launch his own thing but found himself doubting if he could do it at first. Then it struck him that this fear was just holding him back and he asked the “why not, what do i have to lose” questions. This was the spa...

Lou Kang: Get to the center

December 07, 2020 04:45 - 16 minutes - 967 Bytes

Today Lou Kang called in to share his fear as it relates to time. Time felt like it was stressing Lou out, it was always pushing forward and he was measuring his accomplishments and success against it. Each day felt like it carried the weight of a lost day and there was no re-do’s. Once the day was gone it was gone forever. If he wasted it then he couldn’t recover that time. Lou talks about being more patient with himself and learning to schedule out what needs to get done so that he could fe...

Sarafina: The sanctuary within

December 06, 2020 03:23 - 28 minutes - 1.68 KB

Today Sarafina called in to share her story and journey with fear that brought her into the art therapy space. Sarafina talks about growing up caught between cultures and family expectations telling her messages about who she is “supposed” to be and who she was inside. She felt like people where judging her based on the color of her skin and that her family wouldn’t accept her based on her sexuality. She felt isolated and alone. One way she was able to work though the feelings that she was ex...

Bharat Kanodia with Veristrat

December 05, 2020 15:08 - 18 minutes

All entrepreneurs at some point will face the question, what do I do with my business? Do I sell it, close it, transfer it, etc? For a good number of people, there is a dream of selling your company for millions of dollars and riding off into the sunset knowing you made the world a better place. Hold up. The reality is that only one out of 20 businesses actually, get sold. That’s according to Bharat Kanodia, business valuation master, who has signed off on over 4,500 valuations with $2.6 ...

Angie: Thoughts on family

December 05, 2020 05:39 - 15 minutes - 919 Bytes

Today Angie called in to share her fear about family and losing her kids as they get older. Angie talked about having a strained relationship with her family when she was growing up and she couldn’t wait to get separation from them. She never saw the appeal of family gatherings and since Covid she loves spending time with just her two kids and husband. But she is also scared that her kids will be just like her and excited to leave home without any care to spend time with her any more. Angie h...

Carla: Impossible, Difficult, Done

December 04, 2020 02:45 - 23 minutes - 1.35 KB

Today Carla called in to share her story about her anxiety of the unknown where she experienced panic attacks that felt like she was going to die. Carla was never this way growing up, so this feeling was foreign to her and she felt isolated and that other people wouldn’t understand what she was going though. Everything felt enhanced and overwhelming until she realized that she needed to talk to someone about what she was going through and develop some strategies to help her though the panic a...

Jessie: What would happen if...

December 03, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 1.67 KB

Today Jessie called in with her story about the fear of change and the stress that comes when you feel like you are stuck and you think you are locked into your life choices. Jessie racked up massive student debt to become a lawyer. She wanted to help people and got into it with the right intentions. She made partner at her law firm but realized that she was grinding away night and day, always working harder without any breaks. She witnessed her health and fitness take a dive for the worst an...

Sean Allan with DivisionXR

December 02, 2020 14:40 - 21 minutes

Being an entrepreneur is like being an ambassador for innovation, but sometimes people just can’t see our vision. Often, they don’t understand what we’re fighting for, or perhaps they see our work as disrupting their world. But Sean Allan, the Co-Founder of DivisionXR, is in the business of disrupting the world. With a team of industry leaders, from artificial intelligence to agriculture, cannabis, and more…they visualize what many others cannot even imagine and implement strategies that sha...

Chad: Building a better future

December 02, 2020 05:02 - 15 minutes - 953 Bytes

Today Chad called in to share his story of fear and leaving his job to become an entrepreneur. Chad talks about working hard at his corporate high paying job at Merrill Lynch to branch off and start his own wealth management and investment company. Setting out on his own was a scary decision to make because Chad had three kids and a wife and he had spent nine years working to achieve his position at Merrill Lynch. Chad talks about building an all star team, being part of the 10x program and h...

Heather: The self discovery journey

December 01, 2020 05:37 - 18 minutes - 1.08 KB

Today Heather called in to share her experience with fear and her journey into the health and fitness space. Heather talks about being an entrepreneur and feeling scared to really put herself out there. She would do what she calls lots of busy work. Work that wasn’t really advancing her business but made her feel like she was doing something in order to avoid the uncomfortable stuff - the stuff where you need to confront rejection. Heather talks about getting mentors, therapists or business c...

Doug: The power of our thoughts

November 30, 2020 03:39 - 19 minutes - 1.13 KB

Today Doug called in to share his experience with fear, seeking adventure and his life as a hypnotist helping clients through their traumas with fear and removing blocks that prevent them from living out their best, most courageous lives. Doug shares a story where he was out hiking and got caught in a blizzard. He almost didn’t find his way back to his camp sight and the trail head was hard to see though the storm. He fell to his knees and realized that no one was coming to save him. Had he s...

Caleb: Purpose over fear

November 29, 2020 06:06 - 29 minutes - 1.71 KB

Today Caleb called in to share his story about fear, business and achieving great success. Caleb is a style editor and he talks about how he had to face his fear of heights while on a fashion shoot for a job that he was doing. In this moment he realized that he could face any fear and achieve anything he set out to do as long as he had a purpose - a greater reason for being there. Caleb shares valuable tips and thoughts for any entrepreneur who is stuck in their own fears. Caleb challenges us...

Christiaan: Never back down

November 28, 2020 08:09 - 23 minutes - 1.36 KB

Today Christiaan called in to share his story of dealing with fear and pushing through the difficulties in life to get to a better place. Christiaan talks about growing up in the hood and how it taught him to handle himself. He talks about loss with this brothers passing away, losing his grandfather and grandmother and the toll it took on his mother. He watched her drink and not take care of herself and it makes him worry about her but he also recognizes that he needs to take care of himself ...

Casey Daniel: Fear and the entrepreneurial experience

November 27, 2020 04:59 - 21 minutes - 1.28 KB

Today Casey Daniel called in to share his story about the fear and perseverance that comes with the entrepreneurial journey. Casey Daniel worked as a freelance developer on a MedTech startup and had an idea on how he could vastly improve on the experience for doctors. He and some friends each put in some money and set out to create a startup together. However he realized that getting in front of the people who could validate the idea, namely doctors was extremely more difficult than he expect...

Jacquline: Where are you hiding your light?

November 25, 2020 23:34 - 44 minutes - 2.61 KB

Today Jacquline called in to share her amazing story about fear and growing up in a family where she experienced domestic abuse. Her father was an alcoholic and the house around her was violent and scary. She talks about how when she finally examined the family dynamic she was able to see how these patterns where passed down from generation to generation. She had inherited the same stories that her parents had told themselves and came to believe. These stories where the limiting belief system...

Layla Luna with Just Bee

November 25, 2020 11:14 - 22 minutes

“What kind of mother are you?!” This was the question, Layla had to endure while trying to comfort her crying and screaming son, who would not stop making noise in the pizzeria. It was supposed to be a relaxing dinner that turned into a night of humiliation and frustration…with all eyes on her family while management asked them to leave the restaurant. Everyone was looking, but what they failed to see was that Layla’s son is autistic…and he was having a sensory overload and expressing in t...

Susan: This is how it happens

November 25, 2020 01:46 - 24 minutes - 1.44 KB

Today Susan called in to share her story about fear and tumbling down the side of a huge cliff in the Swiss Alps. Susan recalls the story of spending time in a remote village in the Alps and herding sheep who would graze all along the lush mountain side. She talks about the beauty of the landscape and reflects on the different style of living that felt like it was frozen in time. Susan share about her artwork and how her art is channeled from within. She paints when she is happy because she w...

Jen: What do you feed?

November 24, 2020 02:33 - 30 minutes - 1.76 KB

Today Jen called in to share her story and work in battling the Imposter Syndrome mindset. Jen shares her story of how a seed was planted in her mind at the early age of 6 years old and from that moment she went on believing a certain story about herself. The belief system that she created from a impactful event became her super power and also her weakness. Now Jen works as an Executive Coach for woman whom want to shed the weight of imposter syndrome and continue to grow into their full pote...

Krishna: The beauty in silence

November 23, 2020 05:28 - 33 minutes - 1.95 KB

Today Krishna called in to share his story of fear and to talk about the amazing work he is doing in promoting the art of silence. Krishna talked about a reoccurring dream where he was scared of falling. One day Krishna found himself standing at the top of Mayan ruins in Tulum and realized that this felt like Deja vu, the scene from his dream. In this moment he no longer felt fear and the dream no longer returned. Krishna spoke to me about the resourcefulness of silence and the different step...

Precious: Where I am supposed to be

November 22, 2020 04:33 - 24 minutes - 1.42 KB

Today Precious called in to share her story about fear. Precious is a chef and had created a map for her life where she aspired to own her own Michelin Star restaurant one day. She know what she had to do to achieve this dream and had set out to make it happen. Then Covid hit and she lost her job and ultimately her dream for a while felt like it was slipping away. Precious also has a podcast and the more she spoke with other people she began to revision her dream and now she was moved in a ne...

Ryan: Breathing through fear

November 21, 2020 04:33 - 25 minutes - 1.48 KB

Today Ryan called in to share his story and experience with living with fear. Fear is something that Ryan says that he has always experienced and continues to experience but he has learned techniques to manage and work through his fear. At the age of 4 years old, Ryan went into the hospital to undergo cancer treatment. His optic nerves made him lose his eyesight and from then on Ryan was forced to navigate the world blind. He recounts how his family was not equip to know how to handle a blind...

Brandon: Love

November 20, 2020 02:22 - 42 minutes - 2.5 KB

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Brandon from the Recovery Road show on Reddit. About a week ago I had stumbled onto his channel and then was pulled in to the positive heart warming experiences that he unravels through his hour long talk. Brandon interacts and celebrates the community that he pulls together and provides a mindful meditative experience while he bikes and walks through New Orleans appreciating the beauty and atmosphere that surrounds him. I reached out to Brandon and a...

Janine: 3 years missing

November 19, 2020 02:16 - 24 minutes - 1.42 KB

Today Janine called in to share her scary and heartbreakingly painful story of the day and time period when her daughter went missing. Janine was supposed to pick her daughter up after school at the local coffee shop. That day her daughter never showed up. For the next three years Janine would search, wonder and worry about where and what had happened to hear daughter. Janine talks to us about mindset, fear, anger, gratitude, laughter and learning how to communicate with our kids especially w...

Mecca: Look towards the finish line

November 18, 2020 05:15 - 53 minutes - 3.16 KB

Today Mecca called in to share her story of heartbreak and loss, raising her daughter to be an amazing person and young woman and evolving into a leader, warrior, support system for others and giving back to the community of Gold Star Families. Mecca shares how she lost her husband who was serving a tour of duty in Iraq. She tells us about how she had to tell her daughter, who would listen for the keys at the door for her father to return home was not going to be coming home. Mecca offers adv...

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