Adam
401 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHi, I'm Adam and I'm building CallCast. An app to make it super simple for anyone to create and publish a podcast.
It's my goal in 2020 to talk to 365 people about their life journeys, facing our fears, taking risks and starting new things.
It's awesome to be a beginner at something. Love the process of being a beginner. Some of the most profound insights will happen in this beginner stage.
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Gale Fear through the lens of surfing and the ocean
April 09, 2020 04:36 - 18 minutes - 1.11 KBToday I had a special guest jump on the podcast call with me, Gale from Bay St. Boards. Gale was one of the first guys to take me out surfing and he has been there for my surfing journey. We connect about fear and the ocean. Check out Bay St Boards and support your local shop: https://baystreetboards.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_XmXco1cnBkSvYH1FI-Jg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baystreetboards/
Adam Bar Finding the Opportunity In The Obstacle
April 08, 2020 06:08 - 21 minutes - 1.28 KBAdam Bar shares his amazing story about what happens when life forces us to pick a new plan. Adam’s calling was in the arts as a performer, bodybuilder and singer but one day this all changed due to an injury that crushed his vocal box, he had no medical insurance and financial stresses but as he points out… being in this situation led him to a lot of self exploration that would alter his life path forever. Adam is now a super successful entrepreneur, author and speaker. You can find more abo...
Mel Need to put health first
April 07, 2020 06:08 - 12 minutes - 763 BytesMel shares her personal story of how working around the clock in search for “success" at a job in New York was so demanding and stressful that it lead to her getting injured on the job. She now has injuries that prevents her from living the kind of life that she imagined for herself years ago and it also makes it hard for her to care for her father who is also having physical problems with his health.
Christian Love yourself
April 06, 2020 06:28 - 10 minutes - 619 BytesChristian has spent his life moving from place to place. He has traveled with his mom and has been in a lot of tough situations but his outlook on life remains positive. He has a vision for his future of becoming an architect because he loves building things. He believes in being humble and practicing self love and self care. Keep pushing on and chasing your dreams. Check out his amazing jewelry on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamondkutsco/ and also here: https://www.instagram.com/66...
Sessi Forgiveness is the way forward
April 05, 2020 04:32 - 12 minutes - 746 BytesSessi shares her story about how growing up her stepmom was emotionally abusive and it was difficult to grow up in her household. It wasn’t until Sessi left home and dealt with a difficult relationship break up before she begun down a spiritual journey that lead her to more self discovery and the ability to work on healing her childhood traumas. In her personal healing she gained the perspective that she needed to forgive her stepmom and this forgiveness helped Sessi release the anger and hat...
Undrey Jordon Energetic healing
April 04, 2020 04:08 - 18 minutes - 1.1 KBUndrey Jordon is an amazing person. He is completely dedicated to helping people who are dealing with addiction. Undrey has been through the journey personally - he was born into a life of addiction, crime and homelessness. He was arrested at a young age and ended up in jail and on the streets. But Undrey discovered a powerful approach to recovery though the way of energy and frequency. Undrey works with people as an energy healer tp raise their vibrations. It was amazing to talk with him and...
Eden Tell someone that you love them
April 03, 2020 05:27 - 11 minutes - 708 BytesEden has come a long way. There was a time in Eden’s life where he got hooked on drugs and started robbing people at gun point. His fear was poverty and not having material wealth. Listening to Eden’s story you can tell he has done a lot of thinking, self reflecting and reevaluating what truly matters to him. It sounds like he puts people first and live in the world with more compassion and empathy for others. He now shares how important love is and how kindness is the best messages to spread...
Jamison Fear can be a guide
April 02, 2020 06:17 - 17 minutes - 1.02 KBJamison shares a story about what happens when you set out on a goal and something that seems like a bad circumstance derails your goals and alters the trajectory of your life but this thing that at first seems like the worst situation becomes a new opportunity in the not to distant future. This is the position that Jamison found himself in as he sat alone for hours on top of a mountain waiting for a rescue squad to come help him back down the mountain… he had just broken his leg and his goal...
Michael Control your controllables
April 01, 2020 05:54 - 25 minutes - 1.52 KBMichael shares his rollercoaster of emotional journey with us. You can tell from Michael’s story that he is very self aware, thoughtful and strives to always do his personal best. Every time he was hit with a difficult situation he has continued to find ways to stand back up and become stronger and better. By focusing on hope and goodness, Michael has some solid advice for anyone out there who is dealing with difficult times. One mantra from Michael: Control your controllable. Website: https:...
Michael Letting employees go
March 31, 2020 03:04 - 14 minutes - 843 BytesMichael shares his experience of having to let people go during this hard economic downturn. The fear of having the conversation was really heavy and scary for him at first but he realized that once he had it the people who worked from him understood. He mentions a lot of interesting things during our conversation - about company culture and a mantra that is super helpful to think about: Sonder which he explained to me as "The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers p...
Warren Quarantine and time for personal growth
March 30, 2020 05:13 - 8 minutes - 518 BytesWarren is a professional animator who used to fear what would happen if the economy took a dive or he lost his job but now that the Coronavirus has shut down the entertainment business he says he is not afraid of it the way he imagined he would be. He is now finding opportunities to invest in himself and do things that he had been putting off because he was so focused on work. Now the he is quarantined he has been taking new courses and working on passion projects. Check out some of Warren’s ...
Michael The need to stay home during Covid19
March 29, 2020 05:02 - 12 minutes - 736 BytesMichael called in from Long Island NY with his frontline perspective on the coronavirus. He isn’t letting it scare him but the fact that he sees so many people not self quarantining freaks him out. Michael says that he is lucky that he has a good job that isn’t affected by the quarantine but he sees the economic toll that this virus is taking on his city.
Xavier Frustration of a dream not happening
March 28, 2020 06:20 - 10 minutes - 634 BytesXavier was a basket ball player growing up and becoming a pro player was his goal. It was his dream to go pro and he was sure it would happen. But then it didn’t and Xavier was then left trying to figure out what was next. It humbled him. He realized he spent a lot of time chasing a dream that didn’t happen and now he is faced getting a job. But we are living in scary times right now where finding a job has become extremely difficult if not nearly impossible with our entire economy shut down....
Snoota Sola The 5 senses and a positive attitude
March 28, 2020 03:19 - 9 minutes - 576 BytesSnoota Sola’s main message - never get discouraged. Snoota says to live your best life, keep a positive attitude and know that life is 90% attitude and 10% circumstance so make sure to know the difference between positive attitude and negativity. Something interesting to me was the focus on the 5 sense to use as a way to refocus your mind and body on better things… stimulate smell like through incense or the ears through sound but how effective the 5 senses can be in creating what we think ab...
Peter Staying positive in difficult times
March 27, 2020 06:40 - 15 minutes - 951 BytesToday I had a great conversation with the talented Peter Abraham about the fear that spreads during unprecedented times like we are going through with the coronavirus. Peter reflected on what happened to his company during 9/11 and offers perspective on how to find success and a path forward during historical hard times. http://ABRHM.com https://twitter.com/peterabraham https://medium.com/@peterabraham
Kyra You KNOW who you are
March 26, 2020 04:49 - 13 minutes - 793 BytesKyra has a powerful and important message for everyone out there. Almost everyone at some point in their lives has been susceptible to wanting to fit in and cared too much about what other people think of them. We can all relate to the feelings of judgement and limit our own inner voice, the one that just wants us to be ourselves. Kyra is here to remind us that the best thing we can be in this world is ourselves and how liberating it can be. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyracarlin_/ W...
Sylvester Fear of losing a family member
March 25, 2020 06:11 - 7 minutes - 433 BytesSylvester spoke today about his fears of losing his family. He mentioned how scary things are with the new coronavirus and how he doesn’t want to lose his family members.
Flow People pleasing and being himself
March 24, 2020 03:27 - 40 minutes - 2.39 KBFlow: People pleasing and being himself Flow shared a story about working with a startup pie company where he was tasked with the mission to bring more people over to the pie stand. He needed to win over the crowd of people and get them to come over and try and buy some delicious pies. However on his first day of sales he completely bombed on his goal to drive sales. It wan’t until Flow figured out his own special approach to getting people to listen to him that he turned things around at th...
LeRoy Fear of loss
March 23, 2020 06:14 - 11 minutes - 715 BytesLeRoy was going to college when his hero the person who he looked up to, his brother-in-law, was shot and killed. This traumatic event throw him for a loop and caused him to start drinking and turn inward. It wasn’t until he began speaking to his mother about how this tragedy impacted his life that he began to be able to regain control of his life and honor his brother-in-law. LeRoy has a fear of loss, understandably so but he is pushing forward writing scripts and acting. Check LeRoy out her...
Amanda Reflecting on old wounds and triggers and living without fear
March 22, 2020 06:23 - 25 minutes - 1.48 KBToday I called my sister Amanda to record a podcast with me. It is her birthday in a couple hours. I ended up surprising her with a podcast request and she obliged. Amanda read a journal entry that she wrote earlier today. Amanda spoke about triggers, deep wounds that date back to her childhood and witnessing fighting around a dinner table that caused he to internalize fear and pain. She spoke about the fear of living small and feeling invisible, bottling up emotions and wanting to be held an...
Sean Gaining the spiritual and emotional tools
March 20, 2020 05:35 - 30 minutes - 1.76 KBSean learned from an early age to protect himself, his dad took off and left him and his older brother and his mother to find their own way in the world and for a long time this event played a pivotal role in Sean’s day to day life. Sean recalls having to deal with all kinds of fears as a young boy that then transitioned and changed as he got older. Eventually Sean closed off and without knowing it he wasn’t able to form a real close connection with the people in his life. Sean didn’t want to...
Sana Kibz The faith to move mountains
March 19, 2020 16:58 - 19 minutes - 1.15 KBSana Kibz has come a long way and her voice even further as its spread out over the air waves of New York City. She moved to New York with a dream to become something amazing, to find her place and over come any fear. Sana Kibz has experienced what it feels like to be evicted from her home and not have a place to stay. She has been picked on by classmates and not had new outfits to wear like many of the other kids. But she always had her positive outlook and a belief in a bigger plan for hers...
Melissa Calm words from a person to talk to
March 18, 2020 06:15 - 26 minutes - 1.53 KBMelissa’s talk today was a wave of calm in a sea of stress that has flooded every corner of the world at this current moment in time. We are inundated by the panic of disease health wise but also the speed of mental disease. All the patterns of life that we had become accustom to are now erased and all we have is the present moment of now. Fear is the ego trying to protect us but it is actually multiplying the fear and causing us to panic. In this moment become quiet, turn in ward and focus o...
Jessica Finding Family
March 17, 2020 05:08 - 37 minutes - 2.2 KBWhat does having a family mean to you? Jessica has been in search for what felt like a family since she was a young girl. She grew up in a difficult home setting and eventually ended up in foster care. This traumatic event sent her on a journey to find "her family” and she would need to learn a lot of lessons along the way. Listen to Jessica’s amazing story of self discovery and finding what family means to her in the end. Jessica is working on a book titled “Surviving and Thriving in Foster ...
Bagzdaryda Getting on stage
March 16, 2020 04:50 - 8 minutes - 520 BytesBagzadaryda is a musician, poet and performer that tells us a story about getting on stage and feeling the grips of fear during his first performance. I imagine this is the first battle that all performers need to go through, like a right of passage. If you want to perform and if you want a audience, you first need to conquer your own inner fears - the fear of setting foot on stage. Bagzadaryda tells us that everyone will have moments when they are messing up but if you keep charging ahead yo...
Al A Radical Transformation
March 15, 2020 01:04 - 31 minutes - 1.84 KBAl reminds me of the butterfly metaphors that we use to describe someone who has visibly gone through a massive transformation in their lives and come out the other side a changed person. When he was younger he spent so much time isolating himself that when it came time to make friends and be social, he was so unsure of himself. Al had to put himself though a radical transformation where he searched inwardly and outwardly for things that felt he could connect with to become a truer version of...
Nasir When dreams transition and fear fades
March 14, 2020 07:18 - 19 minutes - 1.11 KBFrom the age 6 Nasir had a voice inside that said something was different and it scared him. The fear came from the fact that the world on the outside was not reflecting who Nasir knew he was from the inside. In his heart Nasir was a man, but his cousin was telling him to get ready to grow breasts when you grow up — because Nasir had the organs of a female. The shattering feeling of the world not recognizing your inner voice and that your dreams of being a man might not become the reality is ...
TheGMan A Heart attack and making every day count
March 13, 2020 02:56 - 13 minutes - 801 BytesTheG-Man makes people laugh and smile and has been in movies and on the comedy stage. He has an amazing outlook on life. Positive and reaffirming, be your true self and if anyone doesn’t like it… move on, he says. TheG-Man was walking down the street one day and next thing he know was waking up in the hospital. A situation that leaves most people dead or braindead, TheG-Man lived to walk away and tell the story. He also has a bright and positive outlook on life that in a time of crisis and fe...
Edrian The journey of finding ourself
March 12, 2020 05:32 - 13 minutes - 809 BytesEdrian is a creative soul who realized early on that in order to live his authentic life that he would need to come out to his parents as gay. However, Edrian also comes from a very traditional Filipino family so this would make the experience doubly hard. None of us want to disappoint our family and we all want validation and love. We want to be accepted and have a bond with our mothers and fathers and if this deep desire doesn’t get met, what do we do? How do we make sense of this day to da...
Barbie Faith introspection and love
March 11, 2020 05:38 - 21 minutes - 1.28 KBBarbie has had a ton of amazing success in her past business ventures. She has run a multi-million dollar business but she has also experienced the bitter taste of failure - and I was along for the ride. In a partnered venture with Barbie rebuilt an online platform that despite the amazing idea behind the technology we could not get to product market fit and had many bumps in the road. In todays conversation barbie shared with me a little perspective from her reflections on success and failur...
Arwin Iron sharpens iron
March 10, 2020 01:42 - 25 minutes - 1.49 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Arwin about competition and fighting Jiu Jitsu tournaments. Arwin was raised to do his best in life but his parents didn’t make everything about competition and winning. So when Arwin met his wife he found that she had a different edge - she is competitive and a force to be second with. When Arwin began training in Jiu Jitsu it was his wife that encouraged and motivated him to start competing. This was scary. Arwin didn’t grow up a fighter or with the...
Steve The 100 foot drop
March 10, 2020 01:31 - 17 minutes - 1.04 KBSteve is a true adventure guy, pushing the limits and challenging himself out in remote places where most people never set foot. He does days long dirt bike rides into some far off places which can be awe-inspiring and beautiful but also extremely dangerous. In todays story, Steve gets himself caught in a situation that could have turned out really badly for him. He pushed the limits and this time lived to tell the tale. You can check out Steve’s adventures on his instagram page here: https:/...
Paulie Coming full circle and finding what matters in life
March 09, 2020 05:23 - 34 minutes - 2.03 KBPaulie is an incredible person who has a fascinating story to teach us about life, fear, and perspective. In so many ways Paulie has lived out the American dream of success, he has even worked for one of the most iconic figures of the last decade - Steve Jobs. Paulie has made a ton of money, bought an amazing house in a beautiful southern California neighborhood, he has the expensive watches and a closet full of suites but what he is here to warn us about is what so many of us risk losing in ...
Tony The year of personal best
March 06, 2020 21:23 - 20 minutes - 1.17 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Tony Loyd about his amazing journey in 2019 that he calls “The year of personal best”. It all started with a question from a close friend - it is a question that we ask each other daily but on most occasion it doesn’t resonate within us where we can answer it honestly… and if we were challenged to answer honestly would we be able to heed the call that forces us to change our lives. Tony calls this change Agency - it places the responsibility for our l...
Amani Following his passion and not giving up
March 06, 2020 21:01 - 15 minutes - 938 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Amani, someone that I have know for a while, someone that we have battled it out on the soccer pitch and I that I went to for advice as I was building the CallCast app. Today Amani shared his story of a time in his life when he left his corporate job and decided to follow his passion and enroll in a prestigious DJ school. Amani was the oldest in the class and when it came down to finals day he had the harsh reality of not passing the final exam. This ...
Sam Poker and fear of losing money
March 04, 2020 06:55 - 16 minutes - 996 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Sam about fear and the game of poker. Sam has mentioned that poker is a microcosm of life and there is a lot to be learned from the art of poker. Sam discusses with me how the fear of loss will crush a poker player. It not until a player can learn to get beyond the fear of losing money that they can become a better player. When money is at stake it makes this a difficult mindset to achieve which is why its all the more important to master. You can fin...
Alexis A car accident and halo brace
March 03, 2020 04:20 - 10 minutes - 633 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexis who has a fear of driving. Understandable, she was driving and the next thing she knew was that she woke up in the hospital and the doctor was telling her that she would need to wear a halo neck brace for the next six months. Her attitude, "let's party" but maybe that was the MDMA that was lingering in her system after overdosing the night before. Regardless, if you have not looked up a halo brace, I had to, they are super gnarly. One of the wo...
Amanda Fear and Raising the Bar
March 02, 2020 05:55 - 15 minutes - 911 BytesToday I had the please of speaking with Amanda Bar who is the founder of RTB Capital Group and a partner that I am working with in developing a new style of podcasting called PowerPodcasting. Amanda shares her story of fear and starting a new business. She talked about what it felt like when she first launched her new business and about how seeds of doubt can creep up into your mind and start asking “what if” questions... “what if I’m not good enough” etc. Amanda also reminds us that you don’...
Sammy Trauma childhood pain and the power of love
February 29, 2020 22:27 - 28 minutes - 1.66 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Sammy about fear and trauma that started at a young age but also Sammy brings awareness that trauma can even begin from the time a child is in her mothers womb. Life can be so delicate on one hand and if not properly cared for and loved and become deeply effected by our environment. Sammy grew up in a unsafe environment and had to deal with her mother continuously getting involved in bad relationships that put Sammy and her siblings in a harmful and t...
Alex Fear is just a roadblock
February 29, 2020 05:14 - 13 minutes - 807 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Alex about the fear of taking a leap of faith and quitting a job to start something new. Alex grew up in low income area of Chicago and it is because of his surroundings that he decided early on to move up and out of the neighborhood through educating himself and working super hard. Alex has been working two jobs to make the income he needed to move to a nicer neighborhood but one of the jobs began to change and wasn’t in alignment with his values and...
Seve Launching something new into the world
February 27, 2020 21:45 - 21 minutes - 1.26 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Seve about fear and launching a new business. Seve shared so many valuable tips about mindset, focus, how to honor fearful thoughts and make space for it but also release it and then visualize the life path that you desire. Seve talks about using fear as a way to evolve and grow. For business it is ok to start small, with one person and grow by building momentum and sharpening his metaphorical sword. You can find out more about Seve here: https://www....
Sean Trust and relationships
February 27, 2020 03:43 - 14 minutes - 847 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Sean about fear. Sean grew up with amazing parents who taught him respect and manners are extremely important. But one of Sean’s fears is that it’s hard to find true people who have solid morals and people that he feels like he can trust especially when it comes to relationships. Sean’s last relationship he found his significant other to be dishonest and not having values that he believed in. Sean’s advice is to be very cautious as to who you invite i...
Joy Vanquishing fear and living an examined life
February 26, 2020 05:40 - 18 minutes - 1.07 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Joy who at the age of just 15 had a terrible motorcycle accident that put her in the hospital where she faced a doctor who wanted to amputate her legs and told her that she wouldn’t walk again. Joy began realizing that the information that other people were giving her did not match her reality and she embarked on a life long quest to rediscover new ways of thinking and healing from within. She has developed new modalities from which to view the world ...
Don More than one way to learn lifes lessons
February 24, 2020 23:01 - 11 minutes - 672 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Don about how life can take a crazy turn and change the trajectory that you thought you where on and force you into a completely different one. In Don’s case he was all set to experience live out the typical college life of a parting freshman when all of a sudden his path was altered by an incident that ended up getting him put on a year long leave. But instead of sitting on the couch or doing nothing with his life he decided to put himself through a ...
MoJo Adam Entrepreneur the fear is fake path to success
February 24, 2020 03:12 - 9 minutes - 554 BytesToday I had the pleasure of speaking with MoJo Adam who shared how fear was a part of his entrepreneurial journey — something that was holding him back from achieving his goals. But after talking to a friend which lead him down the path of getting a life coach he began to put his goals and aspirations into hyperdrive and found him self on the path to getting stuff done. First things first — MoJo wants you to recognize that fear is fake (note that we have heard someone else in this podcast sto...
Brain Toxic relationships can lead to scary places
February 23, 2020 01:32 - 22 minutes - 1.33 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Brain about a painful and scary experience of what happens when you get caught up in a situation that is spiraling out of control and a reality that is not your reality. What happens when someone lies about everything that happened and you end up with police knocking at your door and bringing you into jail? Having a voice and speaking out when things are not right is one of Brains key takeaways from his scary situation. https://instagram.com/thehones...
Pablo Schizophrenia drugs and the willingness to fight for a better life
February 22, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes - 1.7 KBToday I had the honor of hearing Pablo’s incredible story of being a child who’s parents immigrated from Mexico and raised his family in an extremely poor neighborhood in Los Angeles. Pablo witnessed his parents having a rocky relationship from a young age and his brother ended up in jail. Then in 6th grade he started using drugs which led him to meth and alcohol. Pablo eventually found his way in and out of jail and a mental hospital where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Pablo’s resilie...
Adelynn Marriage and family expectations
February 22, 2020 05:19 - 19 minutes - 1.12 KBToday I had the pleasure of speaking with Adelynn about her fear and life experience of balancing being the youngest child and having someone who proposed marriage. Adelynn had to navigate her families feelings and opinions with her marriage proposal and how scary it can be to get married at a young age and against your families wishes. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squashmusic_ Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/squash_music
Hyon Having a voice school
February 20, 2020 05:12 - 14 minutes - 860 BytesToday I had the pleasure of hearing Hyon’s story of fear and school and having a voice. Having I migrated to the United States and going to school he never felt confident or comfortable speaking up in school and this fear had a huge impact on Hyon’s ability to complete College... at least the first time he attempted it. But then Hyon experienced a second fear, an even greater fear then his initial fear and this second fear gave him an entirely new mindset and perspective on his original fear ...
Maigyn Cult And Breaking Free
February 19, 2020 07:26 - 19 minutes - 1.12 KBToday I had the amazing experience of speaking with Maigyn who has lived one of those unbelievable stories… Maigyn grew up in a cult. She was brainwashed from a young age to not speak with anyone outside of their religious group and was trained to cut out anyone who “was not one of them”. Whenever she met someone for the first time she would first need to find out if they were part of the same cult organization and if they weren’t she would not speak with them. This behavior though began to w...