15 Minutes to Freedom
594 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 118 ratings15 Minutes to Freedom is an unfiltered daily dive into the life lessons and mistakes of Ryan. Using his life experiences as an unfiltered guide, Ryan puts his experiences in perspective to help you expand your own life. Topics range from the importance of owning your truth, tapping into your own spirituality, and much more. The sole purpose of this daily show is to offer relatable guidance, provide information, and inspire you to re-align and take action!
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E44 Authentic Vulnerability
June 04, 2018 08:30 - 27 minutes - 32.5 MBOur past doesn’t define who we are today, it only defines who we were. Through exercising vulnerability, we have the opportunity to release ourselves from the old and make way for something new. However, this vulnerability can potentially open the door for others to use your mistakes against you. Listen how I recently combatted a situation when someone tried to use my vulnerability against me. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from y...
E43 My Wedding Day
June 02, 2018 08:30 - 15 minutes - 18.9 MBWe all get to choose how we want to live our life. We all get to choose our response to events and situations. As I sit back and reflect on my wedding day, it was reassuring to know that the choices I’ve made over the past few years have put me on the right path. No nerves, no doubt, just confidence. Listen to find out how you can build the same confidence in your choices. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E42 Leading from the Front
June 01, 2018 08:30 - 17 minutes - 21.3 MBPain, time, and frustration. In order to become a leader, each of these is needed. Recently, I learned some painful lessons about leadership. Mainly I realized that leading from the front is valuable, but to be a great leader you must also learn how to lead from the back. Listen to see how this plays into leadership and learn how this skill can help you in your daily life. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E41 Your Words Worth
May 31, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 19.9 MBWhere in your life are you not being a man or woman of your word? Too many times in my life I allowed my word to go up for sale to the highest bidder. My word meant nothing at the end of the day. Ultimately, I realized that selling myself short was not honoring a commitment to the most important person: myself. Listen as I discuss a recent situation where my word wasn’t up for sale. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E40 You've Got The Keys
May 30, 2018 08:30 - 20 minutes - 30.7 MBWhat’s the one thing you can do this week to put yourself in a better position? Sometimes the best way to guide our actions is to look at how we handled things in the past. Using a framework called the 4 Keys, I’ll analyze past mistakes to demonstrate how to use a failure as a positive learning experience. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E39 Cut out the Cancer
May 29, 2018 08:30 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MBAt some point, we’re all faced with our own mortality. Very recently, a friend of mine was diagnosed with Stage 4 terminal cancer and opted to not undergo treatment. Facing his illness, it started to make me question where I’m not cutting out the cancers in my own life. Where am I allowing negative people and situations to fester? Join me as I reflect on the past and present.
E38 Your Marketing Sucks
May 28, 2018 08:30 - 18 minutes - 27.4 MBPersonal Branding. We're all known to others by the image we present to the world. However, if we want to change in life we have to first present a new image to ourselves. In this episode, I explore what it means to re-brand yourself, how to utilize what you have to maximize returns, and how you can constantly re-invent yourself to accomplish your goals. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E37 GOOOAALLLL
May 25, 2018 08:30 - 17 minutes - 26.3 MBHow do you really set goals? The most important thing is being completely honest with ourselves. If we can’t be honest about where we currently stand, we can’t hope to achieve any goal we set. Gratitude, visualization, and planning are essential for any accomplishment. In today’s episode, I give you my framework for goal setting and explain how you can utilize it in your own life. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E36 Limiting Beliefs
May 24, 2018 14:44 - 17 minutes - 20.1 MBHow frequently do we establish our own beliefs? Parents, school systems, peers, and more shape our larger beliefs in the world. As adults, these beliefs turn into our operating system. The stories we tell ourselves and allow others to tell us ultimately decide our fate. I’ve been tripped up many times in the past thanks to my own limiting beliefs, but I’ve changed. How so? Listen to find out. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E35 For the Ladies
May 24, 2018 14:44 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBNo, guys, this isn’t what you think. Though this is a podcast by a man, from a man’s point of view, sometimes it’s great to look at things from the other side. The other day I was at the gym having a conversation with a female friend of mine. She was telling me about her relationship and some of the troubles she’s having. Listen as I relay my past mistakes to help out a friend. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E34 Fuck Your Feelings
May 22, 2018 08:30 - 15 minutes - 17.2 MBFuck feelings. Our feelings can fight against us, but only when we allow them to. On a recent business trip, I allowed my feelings to get the best of me. I allowed my lack of sleep and my personal expectations for the event to skew my experience. Listen as I dive into feelings and how to manage expectations. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E33 Associations Matter
May 21, 2018 08:30 - 15 minutes - 23.8 MBFor so long I wondered why things in my life weren’t changing. It’s easy to look back now and see the people around me were bringing me down. If you constantly surround yourself with negative people, how can you expect anything positive to come out of life? Listen as I explore past and present associations and the effect they’ve had on my life. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E32 Trained By A Trainer
May 18, 2018 08:30 - 18 minutes - 26.6 MBHow frequently are you giving maximum effort? For so long, I wanted to be a professional bodybuilder. Through training, dieting, and contest prep, I had convinced myself I was doing everything needed to reach my goal. In hindsight, I was maybe putting out 70% effort. Listen as I talk results, putting out maximum effort, and how I used my bodybuilding story to motivate myself in other areas of life. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear f...
E31 Bye Buy Truck
May 17, 2018 08:30 - 22 minutes - 26.1 MBRepossession. It’s never a word you want to hear. Why? Because there were likely a number of situations prior to repossession that was in your control which could have prevented the situation. Generally speaking, it’s a result of lying to yourself. Listen as I recount a time when I got my truck repossessed and how the lies I told myself ultimately led to this event. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E30 Just Go Paint
May 16, 2018 08:30 - 15 minutes - 23.4 MBWhile hiring a graffiti artist for the office I agreed to a deal without getting it in writing. Admittedly, the guys in the office and I were just so thrilled to get some paint on our walls that I overlooked my own processes. Listen as I discuss how I let the excitement of the moment throw me off the game and how it led to me examining other areas in my life where I might be doing the same. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E29 Love Actually
May 15, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 25 MBRelationships are tricky at times. A successful relationship requires us to be honest with our partners and honest with ourselves. If you can’t tell the truth, your relationship has no hope. This is a painful lesson I learned over the past 10 years or so. Listen as I recount a time in my past where simply being honest with myself would have saved me so much time and effort. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E28 Consistency
May 14, 2018 08:30 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBConsistency is Key. How consistent are you in the daily pursuit of your goals? I’ve often told myself I was disciplined only to learn something different in hindsight. I was bullshitting myself. Is there somewhere in your life where you can make a change? Join me as I discuss how I’m creating consistency in my own life. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E27 The People Downstairs
May 11, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 19.3 MBConvenience is a killer. What’s convenient is often easy to put off. As I sit here getting ready to record this podcast, the people in the office downstairs started drilling shelves into the walls. Not exactly conducive to recording. It would have been easy to push this off to another day. In the end, we decided to push through. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E26 Family Matters
May 10, 2018 08:30 - 19 minutes - 27.7 MBDivinity lives within us all. Most of the time, it’s buried deep under the self-defeating and self-limiting stories we tell ourselves. In this episode, I explore some of my most powerful self-defeating stories and how I overcame them. For me, my self-defeating stories largely involve my parents. Divorce, living in my car, and so on. What are the self-limiting stories you tell yourself? Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E25 A Rough Day in Queens
May 09, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 24.9 MBPlanning in advance can help you avoid almost any problem. Many of us fail to plan and in turn fail to succeed. This podcast details one of the many times where things went wrong. On this instance, I took an unintended journey through Queens thanks to a lack of planning. How many times have you not taken action when you knew it would almost certainly equal success? Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E24 I kissed A girl
May 08, 2018 08:30 - 13 minutes - 21.6 MBSocial pressure can force us to do things we don’t want to do. This story of my first kiss is the perfect example of something that should be a positive experience taking a dramatic turn for the worse due to social pressure. How many times in life have you been pressured to do something against your will? Are you taking control of your experiences and thus taking control of your existence? Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E23 Position of Power
May 07, 2018 08:30 - 19 minutes - 28 MBPeople in positions of power leverage their influence in many different ways. Some good, some bad. Power for me is ultimately based on self-worth. I know when I wake up every morning, my power is within my control. How do you create power in your life? What are you doing to take control? Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E22 Choosing the Right Underwear
May 04, 2018 08:30 - 18 minutes - 27.1 MBThe way we frame situations shifts our experiences. For me the challenge this past week was taking my daughter Gianna to buy new clothes. Like most kids, she hates to shop. She’d rather be at home playing with her friends or playing video games. Clothes are like life, some things just don’t fit. Listen to see how I re-framed the situation to turn it into a great experience. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.
E21 Not Everyone Is Going to Like You
May 03, 2018 08:30 - 15 minutes - 17.7 MBOwning your mistakes is of utmost importance, but ultimately you have to accept and live with the results of your actions. Not everyone is going to like you and in the end, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you are the highest and best version of yourself. What would you go back and tell your 18-year-old self if you had the chance? What would you tell yourself to do differently? Listen to find out where I stand. Questions or comments? Feel free to contact me at ryan@gsdmediagroup...
E20 The Games We Play
May 02, 2018 08:30 - 14 minutes - 22.5 MBThe details matter in every aspect of life. If you don’t know the rules of the game, you’re damning yourself to failure. How many times have you done something a certain way because someone told us how it should be done? How do you know if what you’re told is even correct? Today I give actionable advice to turn the game in your favor. Have you ever had an instance where the rules you’ve been taught were incorrect? Email me at [email protected] with your story.
E19 Morning Rituals
May 01, 2018 08:30 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBOur morning dictates our day. By putting ourselves in a mindset of positivity, it’s possible to be successful no matter the situation. For me, my morning routine includes meditation, a green smoothie, physical activity, reading, and telling those I love that I appreciate them. How do you create power in your life? What do you do on a daily basis to get yourself in the proper state of mind? Email me at [email protected] to share your story.
E18 Purpose
April 30, 2018 11:30 - 14 minutes - 22.8 MBPurpose can be elusive. Many times when we chase it, it becomes harder to find. Me personally, I felt trapped for years expecting purpose to just show up. I’ve come to learn that purpose has to be unearthed. It resides within each of us waiting to be found. Throw away the stories you’ve been told and start pursuing your purpose.
E17 Go
April 27, 2018 11:30 - 16 minutes - 24.6 MBGreatness lies within us all, but whether or not we realize greatness depends upon what we choose to let in. The stories we tell ourselves ultimately limit what we can become. Will you choose to grow and write your own story, or will you choose to remain stagnant and let society write it for you? Join me in saying “GO” and creating yourself.
E16 Who Do You Idolize?
April 26, 2018 11:30 - 17 minutes - 25.2 MBToday’s 15 minutes are about false idols. Why do people become idols? Practice, practice, practice. You can’t become a master without hard work, dedication, and practice. When we look at people who are experts are what they do, it’s easy to assume that talent is the sole reason for success. We see the talent on display, but we often don’t see the hard work required to bring that process to light. Today I talk about how I discern good from bad when it comes to idols and people to look up to.
E15 Malaysian Click Farm
April 25, 2018 11:30 - 15 minutes - 23.3 MBToday on 15 Minutes to Freedom, I explore authenticity. Lack of clarity and desperation can lead to comprising beliefs. Listen as I discuss a situation regarding this very podcast that nearly compromised my own authenticity. Do you have a story to share about a time you were hurt by desperation? Drop me a line at [email protected].
E1 Outlasting the Suck
April 24, 2018 21:03 - 12 minutes - 22.7 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about outlasting the suck. In this episode, I explore the experience of getting punched in the face. Listen as I talk boxing, business, the opposition, and responding to adversity.
E14 The Stack
April 24, 2018 11:30 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about getting pissed off. For me, getting pissed off if a daily occurrence many times directed at myself. Join me as I take a deep dive into a methodology called “the stack.” It’s a practical way of thinking allowing you to analyze a negative situation and flip it to a positive. Let me serve up some actionable advice on how to silence the little man in your head. What's a situation when you got mad only to flip it to a positive? Feel free to email me at Ryan@gsd...
E13 Ask And You Shall Receive
April 23, 2018 11:30 - 11 minutes - 19.1 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about asking for what you want in life. What would happen if we actually asked for something more? So many of us, including myself, fail to ask for something we want or need. Today I explore the strange idea that if we want something in life, we have to ask for it. As always, feel free to shoot me a message at [email protected]. I’d love to hear your thoughts and your feedback.
E12 Spirituality
April 20, 2018 11:30 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about tapping into your spiritual side. Spirituality has taken over my world. Meditation helped me start to scratch the surface. Metaphysics has opened my mind to an entirely new realm of being. What if nothing in life is a coincidence? What if meditation can actually guide you to the things you want in life? On today’s episode, I jump into these questions and more. Do you have an experience with spirituality or metaphysics that you’d like to share? Send me an email...
E11 Speaking Your Mind
April 19, 2018 12:30 - 16 minutes - 24.6 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about Freedom from negativity. What do you do when someone is constantly engaging in negative conversations? Sometimes all we have to do to relieve tension is speak our mind. Pushback from the negativity and make your inner thoughts known.
E10 Them and You
April 18, 2018 11:30 - 15 minutes - 23.7 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about how to defeat our greatest enemy. We tend to tear ourselves down when in reality we’re one of a kind. What if you went all in? What if you became the exceptional person you were born to be? In this episode, I explore our greatest enemy: ourselves.
E9 Challenge Everything
April 17, 2018 11:30 - 15 minutes - 23.9 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about deviating from the norm. Why are we here? In this episode, I explore how testing against our norms can lead us to a better life and greater meaning. How can we branch off from our normal routine to find better options in our daily lives? Listen as I explain how I test in my own life and find inspiration for your own.
E8 Personal Darkness
April 16, 2018 11:30 - 19 minutes - 28.3 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about finding meaning. From work to losing my best friend I’ve lost sight of my own truth. What’s motivating us to keep going on a daily basis? How do we find meaning when life can feel so alone? Listen as I bare my soul.
E7 Emotions
April 12, 2018 21:08 - 16 minutes - 24.6 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about emotions. Emotions are a topic that many people dance around. Today I address suppressing uncomfortable emotions in my own life and some methods I’ve used to overcome them. Join me as I offer actionable advice on conquering emotions.
E6 Lies
April 12, 2018 21:06 - 17 minutes - 26 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about lies. Telling the truth is hard. It’s difficult to accept, but the smallest lies we tell ourselves can be the most damaging of them all. Join me as I discuss my past relationship with lying and what I did to break out of it.
E5 Maximizing Your Mind
April 12, 2018 21:05 - 15 minutes - 23.6 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about interruptions. Our daily lives are consumed by them. How do television, social media, cell phones, and more combine to form constant distraction and shift our internal frequency? Today I discuss how external forces can wreak havoc on our internal state of mind.
E4 Letting Go
April 12, 2018 21:05 - 14 minutes - 22 MBToday's 15 Minutes is about letting go. On today's episode, I dig deep into the past. Join me as I discuss why it's so hard to let go of past experiences and what we can do to move on.
E3 Searching for Clarity
April 12, 2018 21:04 - 13 minutes - 24 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about "the man" inside. "The man" inside is our own worst enemy. It tells us we aren't capable of achieving our mission in life. How do I overcome the man? Listen as I discuss my own struggles with complacency and gain actionable advice on how to defeat our inner demon's.
E2 Burying My Best Friend
April 12, 2018 21:04 - 17 minutes - 25.3 MBToday's 15 Minutes are about what to do when "the voice" calls you. Death is inevitable, but where do we find answers when we lose someone we love? How do we come to terms with the unexplainable? Today I discuss the perils of addiction and how to cope with losing a best friend.