The Fearless Happyness Podcast

The Fearless Happyness Podcast

por Max Nijst
Superación personal
Temporada 5

Karma and Kismet with Michael Shandler

Award-winning, multi-published author, life coach, and organization development consultant Dr. Michael Shandler has spent the better part of the last forty years coaching individuals in their psycho-spiritual development and well-being. Growing up in a dysfunctional family during the apartheid era in South Africa, Michael spent most of his childhood and teen years surrounded by conflict, abuse, and guilt. Filled with poor self-esteem and serious psychological damage, Michael reached adulthood, lost with no real sense of meaning or purpose. Setting out on a transformational personal journey that would span over the next 15 years and across many continents, Michael experienced life through many cultures, lifestyles, and settings that eventually helped him discover a deep meaning of place and purpose, earn him a master’s and a doctorate, and eventually help him find a sense of home with the love of his life. Now, in his new book “Karma and Kismet: A Spiritual Quest Across Continents, Cultures and Consciousness,” Michael shares his journey in this heartfelt memoir about overcoming bad karma and the role of kismet, or fate, and how it shapes your life and destiny. Listen in as Michael and I sit down to discuss how growing up in a dysfunctional family gave him the powerful grist to go beyond his comfort zones and embark on a journey that would ultimately transform his life and lead him on the path to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! To connect with Michael: www.michaelshandler.com www.linkedin.com/in/michael-shandler-aa94004 www.instagram.com/mshandler18
T5 · E163
5 sept 2024
58:28

A Journey of Discovery with Alessia Citro

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A former corporate powerhouse who left her lucrative career at tech giants Google and Salesforce, Alessia Citra is a quintessential expander and that friend that everyone wants in their corner. As a certified life coach, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur, Alessia is on a mission to help others explore and define a more meaningful life, just like she did. In 2001, at the height of her career in tech and with a thriving seven-figure online wine club business, Alessia would soon find herself facing burnout, challenges, and a global pandemic that would have her on a path of bad habits that included a drinking problem acitrond habits that would ultimately negatively affect her life. Knowing she needed to make a change, Alessia embarked on a journey of Human Design that would combine ambition, humbling experiences, and an awakening of the transformative power of positive habits. Alessia would learn that there are no shortcuts to meaningful change, but combining proven frameworks with energetic alignment and soul-centeredness can lead to precise, purposeful, and fulfilling life transformations. Now, she is helping others discover the same! Her upcoming book, Higher Self Habits, invites readers on a journey of self-discovery and emphasizes that daily habits are the foundation of our destiny. Listen in as Alessia and I sit down to discuss how stepping away from a coveted position in tech and a thriving wine business would embark her on a journey of challenges, personal discovery, and awakenings that would help her find her way to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! Connect with Alessia: www.AlessiaCitro.com www.Instagram.com/alessiacitro_ Alessia Citro - inhabit with Alessia Citro | LinkedIn Alessia ✨ Higher Self Habits (@alessiacitro__) | TikTok
T5 · E162
28 ago 2024
50:25

Creating Unforgettable Experiences with Cole Sjoholm

Helping people live their American Dream while also living his has been a powerful feeling for Cole Sjoholm. As a top-producing mortgage loan originator with over twenty years of experience, Cole has felt TRULY honored to help clients achieve their dream of homeownership. Finding success by being there for others, Cole was happy but still felt that something was missing. Then, in 2022, on New Year’s Eve, Cole would be asked a question that would completely transform his entire life … “Would you go?” Five days later, trips to all seven continents were booked, and Cole was on his way to an unforgettable journey, including visiting 25 different countries and covering 110,246 miles exploring the world. Cole chronicled his journeys on his travel blog, “Mortgage Guy Travels the World.” He shared anecdotes and stunning photography from his travels. However, what he discovered about himself brought the biggest reward … Being here for yourself is the most remarkable thing you can do! Upon returning home at the end of 2023, Cole turned his newfound passion into writing his first book, “Filling My Bucket: A Year of Solo Travel Across Seven Continents.” He also established himself as a travel agent with InteleTravel, a home-based business that allows him to share his passion for travel and help others discover theirs. His next goal is to Get to Outer Space! Listen in as Cole and I sit down to discuss how helping others live their American Dream helped him discover his, the question that he will be eternally grateful for, and how it has helped him find a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! To connect with Cole: www.mortgageguytravelstheworld.com www.facebook.com/cole.sjoholm www.instagram.com/cole.sjoholm
T5 · E161
22 ago 2024
48:17

Building Great Leaders with William Branum

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A Highly Decorated Retired Navy Seal, Best Selling Author, and TEDx Speaker, William Branum's commitment to serving others has been at the forefront of his entire life. At an early age, William knew he wanted to be part of a team that would push him to do good and be great in life while still enjoying the outdoors and all that it had to offer. Finding that goal in the Eagle Scouts, William would move on to join the Navy immediately after graduating high school. From there, he would go on to graduate from SEAL Training and serve on multiple SEAL Teams before moving on to become a SEAL Sniper instructor and deploying around the globe. As with too many veterans and soldiers, William suffered from numerous physical injuries and psychological symptoms that started to impact his well-being and quality of life negatively. Trying many prescription medications to help, William eventually started to "self-medicate" with alcohol to help with the pain and sleep issues. Knowing that he could not continue this way, once he retired from the military, William would move on to explore a new world of plant-based treatments that he kept hearing about with promising benefits, like CBD. Determined to maintain his Top-Secret Security clearance from the military, he sought THC-free options of CBD. Since then, William has not only improved his quality of life but is dedicated to sharing the recovery benefits he has experienced in hopes of helping other Veterans and First Responders find an elite quality of life. William has made it his mission to share the lessons that he has learned with others as a speaker, author, and business/leadership coach. Listen in as William and I sit down to discuss how his traumas, challenges, and injuries led him to a path of renewed hope, inspiration, and recovery, his mission to help others do the same, and what has helped him create a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! To connect with William, please visit: www.nw-recovery.com www.facebook.com/william.branum.712 www.instagram.com/nakedwarriorrecovery www.twitter.com/nakedwarriorrecovery https://www.linkedin.com/in/williambranum
T5 · E160
14 ago 2024
51:59

Discovering Your Core Essentials with William Singleton

As an addiction recovery coach, author, and motivational public speaker, you could say that William Singleton, affectionally known as Wil, is truly leading a life of service. Raised in a family where community service was a core value, Wil learned at an early age the importance of serving others. However, it wasn’t until his own struggles with addiction that he would learn how to serve with a humble heart and discover what his purpose in life would be. Raised in the country and in a great home, Wil often referred to his family as the generic “Cosby’s”. However, despite being raised in a loving home, Wil grabbled with weight issues and stress, which hindered his ability to sleep. Seeking help, he turned to a doctor for help who prescribed medication to sleep. Eventually that medication turned into an addiction. Fortunately, with the help of others, Wil was able to to recognize the unhealthy path he was on and find a way to a cleaner and healthier life. Now, as the founder and president of Core Counseling Strategies, Wil offers personalized support through his recovery programs. He provides education, guidance, and the 7 core essentials to help clients achieve their recovery goals and build an essential life. Listen in as Wil and I discuss how a country boy from a good home found his way into addiction, what helped him find his way out and how his mission to help others breakthrough their own addictions has helped him find a way to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!
T5 · E159
7 ago 2024
51:12
Temporada 4

Escaping the Shadows with Lyn Smith Gregory

Growing up Mormon, Lyn Smith Gregory struggled to be perfect and protect her family’s high-profile image within The Church and community. At seventeen, she would leave home to attend college and soon become exposed to ideas that countered everything she had been taught and believed. Disillusioned by what she discovered and feeling broken, Lyn left her faith and family in search of establishing her own identity. However, it wasn’t going to be as easy as she thought. Riddled with guilt and old perfection beliefs, Lyn quickly learned that not everyone supported her decisions. Finding herself shunned by her family and community, Lyn would be forced to reexamine who she was and what was faithful to her and her family and find an identity and path through this new reality. Now the author of “We Were Smiths: Escaping the Shadow of Joseph Smith’s Mormon Legacy,” Lyn shares in her memoir a unique and in-depth account of what it was like growing up within the Mormon Church as the great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Smith and what happened when she and her sister decided to break away from The Church and their family. Listen in as Lyn, and I talk about her experience in the confinements of the Mormon faith, her journey once she left, and the challenges she overcame from it to find a path that would lead her to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! To connect with Lyn Smith Gregory: www.LynSmithGregory.com www.instagram.com/lynsmithgregory https://www.facebook.com/LynSmithGregory https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyn-smith-gregory
T4 · E158
12 jun 2024
51:03

Walking Through the Flames with Dan Herring

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A full-time fireman/paramedic and devoted husband, dad, and stepdad, Dan Herring has been fundamentally transforming people’s lives and has been rising from the ashes the same way he has in life. After losing his closest friend in a horrible accident, followed by one of his Fire Captains being tragically murdered, Dan turned to alcohol to cope. Miserable and unhappy with anything, Dan was not investing in life anymore either. With his marriage on the rocks and fighting with his captains and fellow firefighters, Dan started to hit rock bottom quickly. Scared to let anyone know what was going on, Dan started to see the flames close in around him, with no way out, and contemplated ending it all. Until one day, he learned to get vulnerable and asked for help. Discovering that there were people who wanted and were willing to help, Dan found the right resources to open up about what he was going through and find ways to deal with it all. He connected with people and resources who helped him regain his health and fitness and be thankful for everything he still had in his life. Now sober for over five years and remarried to his best friend while being a dad/stepdad to 4 incredible humans, Dan is living each day with intent and on a mission to help others do the same by helping them transform their lives holistically and letting them know it is OK to be vulnerable. Listen in as Dan and I sit down to discuss the traumatic incidences that almost took him out, the resources that fundamentally shaped and transformed him to live with intention, his mission to help others do the same, and how he eventually found his way to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!
T4 · E157
6 jun 2024
48:25

Discover the Power of Resilience with Nina Sossamon-Pogue

From an Emmy award-winning journalist to a leadership team member of a successful tech startup, two-time best-selling author, and high-sought-after motivational speaker, Nina Sossamon-Pogue is what you would call a true beacon of resilience in the world. As someone who's adapted to a lifetime of significant challenges and unexpected twists, Nina's ability to take on these challenges with resilience and determination has led her to find repeated successes through it all. Nina was a member of the USA Gymnastics team in the 1980s, then became an award-winning journalist and Emmy-award-winning television news anchor. Nina left TV for Tech and spent 12 years on the leadership team of a technology company during its hyper-growth expansion and highly successful IPO. After years of hard work, research, and two books later, Nina has identified the specific actions and mental shifts needed to 'adapt positively' to the challenges that life hands us. For her experience in sports, television, and tech, Nina is referred to as a rare 'triple threat' in the speaking world. She connects with audiences on multiple levels. As an expert on Resilience, Nina is passionate about using her story to help others help other hardworking humans thrive through tough times. After repeatedly being asked, "How'd you do that?" Nina's message is clear: "Resilience is not just a trait – it's a skill that can be cultivated and leveraged to drive organizational success." Listen in as Nina and I sit down to talk about how her deepest lows helped her discover the resilience she needed to find the success she desired, her passion for helping others do the same, and the turning point that led her to find a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! Connect with Nina: www.NinaSossamonPogue.com www.linkedin.com/in/ninasossamonpogue www.facebook.com/NinaTheAuthor www.instagram.com/nina_sp.eaks/
T4 · E156
30 may 2024
51:00

Spiritual Awakening with Donald Young

Once a successful pharmaceutical marketing executive, Donald Young lived what most saw as the American Dream in terms of fame and fortune. But inside, he was living more of a nightmare than a dream. Unhappy and feeling something was fundamentally missing from his life, Donald chased stuff—reputation, physical desires, anything and everything the material world had to offer. He would spend his entire early years seeking happiness through stuff, only to grow increasingly unhappy. Until one day, Donald had a spiritual awakening that led him to finally surrender to a higher being than himself. He surrendered his heart to God. From there, Donald would embrace a life journey centered on loving God by finally learning to love who he truly was and his neighbor. He no longer valued material things but those around him and cherished a deep sense of peace and gratitude after years of unhappiness and selfishness. Now, Donald is helping others do the same to transform their lives into ones filled with greater peace and a more profound love for humanity through faith. Listen in as Donald and I sit down to discuss how he realized he didn’t have it all, the moment he discovered what having it all meant, how he is helping others do the same, and how it has all led him to a path of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! To connect with Donald, visit: www.donaldharoldyoung.com www.facebook.com/donaldharoldyoung/ www.instagram.com/donaldharoldyoung/ www.linkedin.com/in/donald-young/ www.twitter.com/DHYVegas
T4 · E155
15 may 2024
41:21

Against All Odds with Spencer Anderson

A U.S. Air Force Vietnam war veteran, former pilot, and schoolteacher/counselor turned published author, Spencer Anderson is a true example of defeating the odds to have it all! At age 25, Spencer suffered a brain aneurysm that would leave him permanently paralyzed on the right side of his body. Instead of letting his paralysis stop him from living, Spencer decided to make his disability his trademark by defeating the odds and finding ways to navigate through life to conquer his dreams. In 2007, he fulfilled one of those dreams by gaining his pilot’s license. Scared but determined, he worked hard and even gained enough hours that first year to fly the skies solo for the first time. Then, in 2012, he turned another dream into reality when he became a published author for the first time. Since then, Spencer has turned his passion for aviation into a series of compelling fiction-based-on-fact books about action and adventure built around true events in time. He has also gone on to accomplish many other dreams, like painting paintings in the style of his favorite artists! He lives out his days traveling the country with his wife on book tours and setting new dreams and goals to accomplish. “Life is more than what you appear to be,” says Spencer. “Life is what you define for yourself inside.” Although he has accomplished many dreams in life, Spencer says his greatest accomplishment has been spending the last 22 years with the love of his life, his wife, Carole. Listen in as Spencer and I sit down to discuss how he turned a life-long disability into a trademark on navigating through life to go after your dreams and how showing others to do the same has led him to a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS! Connect with Spencer: https://www.spencerandersonauthor.com/ https://www.facebook.com/warbird.tales.3 https://twitter.com/WarbirdT https://www.instagram.com/spencerandersonauthor/
T4 · E154
9 may 2024
51:47
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