Rocking Midlife Mastery with Stephen Kellogg

 

 

Over the last decade, New England native Stephen Kellogg has performed more than 1500 concerts around the world, raised thousands of dollars for causes close to his heart, been named Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year, and penned singles for artists like platinum selling rock band O.A.R and American Idol winner Nick Fradiani. Stephen’s most recent writing work with legendary guitarist Robert Randolph, led to a 2017 Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Blues Record." He's also had his songs covered by international major label acts and released ten studio albums of his own yielding hundreds of thousands of ticket and record sales.

A father of four and married to his high school sweetheart, filmmaker Peter Harding was so moved by the everyman nature of Kellogg's story that he made a documentary called "Last Man Standing" which went on to become an Amazon exclusive film. In recent years, Kellogg has added authorship and speaking to his resume as well. He delivered a TEDx Talk on job satisfaction, the key note speech for the prestigious photography summit WRKSHP, and was invited to speak to the students at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO on the topics of social justice and 'finding your voice.’ He has appeared as a contributing author in several publications and has now published his first full length book entitled “Objects in the Mirror: Thoughts on a Perfect Life from an Imperfect Person.

You may remember our conversation with Stephen Kellogg from last year about life, family, creativity and music. In that conversation, Stephen spoke about wanting to write a book and get his experience and musings down in a coherent story. Well he did that, and the result is nothing short of incredible. If Mastering Midlife were told in story form, this would be the book. Of course, I would never be asked to sit in and lead sing for the band, Train, but other than that, Stephen’s story is easily relatable.

Join us today as we muse over marriage, children, creativity, and creating next chapters.

 

“Understanding that we are an infinitesimal part of the universe puts things in perspective. The stupid remarks or small errors in judgement that feel cataclysmic to us in the moment should hardly matter when we consider that Earth has existed for 4.5 billion year and our average life is only 79 of them.” – Stephen Kellogg

 

Today on Mastering Midlife:

 

How to not overthink and let things be created. Creating for creation’s sake, makes our lives richer. The gifts of forgiveness Heroes are not just for worship, but for examples of what to strive for. Stephen shares his admiration for and learnings from Abraham Lincoln When it works (Singing with Train) and when it doesn’t (Singing with Rosanne Cash) A successful marriage (career) is a choice.

 

 

Connect with Stephen:

Kellogg Family Store Stephen on Virtual Tour Stephen’s Tedx Talk

 

 

 

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