The Fearless Happyness Podcast

The Fearless Happyness Podcast

by Max Nijst

Self-Improvement

Season 2

Helping Build Empires with Atom Miller

With over 30 years of experience in the pro chef industry, Atom has been building businesses for the majority of his life, earning him a reputation of somewhat of an expert in creating companies with meaningful and lasting impacts. However, life is full of surprises and challenges, and Atom soon found he was no stranger to them. In 2017, Atom experienced a life-changing situation with his son, where he soon found his whole world upside down, leaving him devastated and reevaluating his life. With much soul searching and healing, Atom decided he wanted to help others achieve what he had. Utilizing strong principles, an array of smart strategies and an eye for maximum potential, Atom has now made it his mission in life to help others have the opportunity to build a life of value and obtain sustainable success. He’s passionate about helping people take their dreams, and turn them into a reality by achieving goals they once thought were impossible. Whether it’s taking a small business and turning it into a global brand or just giving entrepreneurs greater clarity on how to, Atom uses his experience and drive to help anyone take the next step. Listen in as Atom and I discuss his life as a pro chef, the time when his greatest challenges presented themselves, how he overcame them and found the path to finding FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Playing a New Tune with Jeremy Schreifels

An interdisciplinary international producer, songwriter, touring drummer, Jeremy has been bringing music to broad audiences for more than two decades. So it is safe to say that music is a passion for Jeremy. However, like any great and truly talented artist, Jeremy has also had his own personal struggles and challenges, including one with alcohol. Experiencing his first taste at the age of 13, Jeremy soon found himself with an addiction, along with some tough challenges and decisions. Then one night, Jeremy was handed an ultimatum that would wake him up and make him realize what was really important before he lost it all. Now the best-selling author of "Road to 99", Jeremy shares his story to help others see how the power of accountability, showing up, networking, making a plan, and executing that plan will help provide you a starting point to beating anything that gets in the way of your dreams. The public speaker and executive coach spends his time and focus building an emotional connection through music in bridging lyric, rhythm, and melody to help serve a vision for both his own creations and the artists that he gets to work with. Jeremy has had the privilege of collaborating with musicians from around the world, including Toronto, the United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Los Angeles, Columbia, and notably, work with Grammy-nominated mixer Brendan Ruane. The devoted husband and dedicated father credits his family as being his purpose in life and strives to be the best person he can be for them! Listen in as Jeremy and I discuss his early struggles and challenges, how he overcame them and turned everything around to lead a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Extraordinary Solitude with Steven Snook

An author, entrepreneur, inspirational and educational speaker, you could say that Steven has a passion for life and helping others. However, that wasn’t how his life started out. Being abandoned by his mother at an early age, and growing up in a very abusive and poverty environment, Steven found his way to drugs and alcoholism early in life. By the time he entered his late teens, he was no stranger to trouble nor law enforcement. By the age of 21, he was completely entrenched in the criminal lifestyle and found his way off to prison for the first time to serve a 3-year sentence. When he got out at the age of 24, Steven was still lost in a world of addiction and found himself back in prison, this time to serve a sentence of 22 years for nonviolent drug crimes and with no hope of any kind for a real future. But Jesus had a different plan, which left Steven radically saved and born again in 2003. It is at that moment that Steven started to work on himself and turn his life around … transforming from a drug addict to a drug and alcohol counselor so he could help others find a better path to life. Since his release in February 2022, he has been a featured guest speaker at colleges across the United States and has been a guest on over a dozen podcasts telling his story across the world, in hopes of helping others get clean and heal from past traumas and abuse. He recently was interviewed for an exclusive on 25 NEWS in Peoria, IL and is currently editing the original manuscript of his life story, “Extraordinary Solitude”. Steven has even started his own business, Jesus Speaks, LLC - the LLC standing for Life, Liberty and Christianity - to put more inspirational scripture into people’s homes. Listen in as Steven and I discuss his abusive upbringing, his trouble with the law, the incident that turned it all around for him and how he is finding his way to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Rising and Flourishing with Pejman Alaghamandan

An interventionist that specializes in helping people with substance addiction, alcoholism, and mental health, Pej often speaks in public seminars, high schools, and universities nationwide, raising awareness and teaching about substance abuse prevention. He's involved with parents who have lost their loved ones to addiction and helped organize and create, Arise and Flourish, a non-profit organization that seeks to educate and raise awareness about the alcohol and drug addiction epidemic that is spreading throughout the Washington D.C. Metro Area. In 2020, Pej created the podcast show, Peji's Recovery Corner, where he interviews guests from all walks of life about their recovery or their educated knowledge surrounding sobriety, healing, and mental health. In 2020, Pej ventured into the TikTok arena, where he learned he could spread the message of sobriety and recovery to a larger audience internationally. The owner of two structured sober livings in California, Essence Recovery Home - a men's house, and Limitless Journey, a woman's place and a LGTBQ-friendly facility. Listen in as Pej and I talk about his own fight with addiction, his road to recovery, how he found his mission and passion in life to help others get clean and sober and the path that he took to find his way to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Conquering PTSD and Rising Together with Nick Wingo

Born and raised in Colorado, Nick Wingo spent the early years of his career as firefighter paramedic, seeing things that most people could never even understand. Once retired as a firefighter, Nick followed his passion and made it his mission to conquer his PTSD and emerge victorious so that he could return to the life that he was suppose to live and help others do the same. After spending some time on a medical mission in Uganda, Nick gained a whole new perspective on the value of life. Now a best-selling author, and building a business with his wife, Desiree, while raising their 2 amazing children Owen and Analise, Nick helps couples strengthen their marriages, and gives a voice to other firefighters and first responders whose suffering goes unheard. Nick says, "We are in this together, and together, we shall rise once again, bigger, better, and stronger." Listen in as Nick and I discuss his early days as a firefighter, his mission to help other firefighters overcome their tramas and how he found his way to living a life of FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Building Strong Dynamics with Joe Marroquin

A serial entrepreneur, investor, and creator, Joe Marroquin always loved business and helping others, even at an early age. Growing up in a single-parent household in the Central Valley of California, Joe didn’t have friends, or even family, who were entrepreneurs he admired. However, he had two younger siblings for whom he needed to lead the way. “Being the oldest, you learn to lead the way. It played a significant role in how I would go into business. Taking charge allowed me to learn leadership”, says Joe. In the late 1990s, Joe began his entrepreneurial journey. By the time the 2000s came around, Joe was approached to be an integral part of two leading lighting companies in the automotive industry - an industry for which he had a great passion for. From there, things only developed stronger as Joe started to build a portfolio of investments in Real Estate, Technology, Oil, Service, and one of his all-time passions, Food & Beverage. With these investments, Joe went on to starting and building his own investment company, JM Dynamics Enterprises. Now with over 25 years of Entrepreneur and various industry experience, Joe spends his time still investing in start-ups and small businesses in the automotive, real estate, and food & beverage industries, while also using his experience and leadership skills to coach and mentor young entrepreneurs and start-ups on building a solid and sustainable business structure that will grow even in the shakiest of times. His greatest accomplishment is his family and being there for them as much as possible, while his greatest success comes from giving back and helping others. Listen in as Joe and I discuss his early upbringing, his challenges, and how he turned it all around to find a path of Fearless Happyness.

Finding Ways to Win with Alundas Havens

A United States Marin Corps. Veteran and CEO & Founder of Alpha Influence Media, Alundas use his upbringing and the struggles he endured to inspire others to move past their own traumas and go after their goals and dreams. Growing up in an abusive home and watching what alcoholism did to his parents, Alundas dealt with serious identity issues and struggled with functioning around others. Living in a heavy gang area and kicked out of his home, Alundas questioned his existence and all the beliefs he had been taught growing up. Then devastated by the loss of four close friends and his grandfather, along with all the trauma he experienced in the military, everything eventually started to come out in his marriage. Knowing he needed to make some changes before he lost it all, Alundas went to work on himself and healing from the traumas of his past. Now, the Host & Creator of The Winner’s Paradigm Podcast, Alundas uses his passion for inspiring others by showing his audience how you can shift losses into wins and flip the script of your life by taking action and going after what you want! Listen in as Alundas and I talk and get real and raw about the life challenges he had to endure growing up, how he overcame them and the turning point that led him to finding his path to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!!

The Empowerment Alchemist Nicole Majik

With a bachelor's degree in Biology/Chemistry, a master's in Metaphysics, and experience as a Financial Advisor, it is safe to say that Nicole has an exciting and extensive background. She has appeared on various radio shows and local TV as a keynote speaker for international conferences. She has even appeared on the Travel Channel for Greatest Mysteries: Smithsonian, Beyond the Unknown and recently filmed with Jeff Hays Film for Hacking Happiness, a documentary scheduled to release this month. But things have not always been glamorous for Nicole. Overcoming many adversities in her life, including severe mercury poisoning, while being the sole provider for her family, Nicole faced some scary truths and obstacles to get where she is today. Now, as an accomplished leadership and empowerment strategist and educator, Nicole created and runs a highly effective, life-transforming empowerment program: The Alchemy of Transformation®. Using the strategic formulas of her empowerment program and CBT and NLP techniques, Nicole helps you permanently erase self-sabotaging beliefs and transforms your obstacles into opportunities to achieve the success you desire! Listen in as Nicole and I discuss the adversities in her life, how she overcame them, and the joy she gets with her empowerment program and being a mother of 4 to find her path to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Break the Chains of Mediocrity with William Hyder

A Serial Entrepreneur and Owner of Massive Marketing Pros, William Hyder sits down with me to share how he overcame drug addiction and began to invest in himself and his people so that they could grow, along with others, to MASSIVE levels! Through his journey of self discovery and changing his mindset, William went on to build a thriving real estate and marketing company! Listen in as, for the first time, William shares his journey on how he took a leap of faith and used different mindset tips that helped him build the life that he always dreamed of and find the path to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

Rebuilding Big Things with Kekua Kobashigawa

Best-selling author of “Do Big Shit,” public speaker, and devoted mother, Kekua once found herself in what she calls “the WTF point” of life - feeling insignificant after experiencing marital betrayal and emotional abuse with no idea of when she disappeared. Faced with the fact that she now had to rebuild her life, Kekua started by rebuilding within first. Then, she spent years rebuilding herself from the inside out. Finally, she learned how to undo the insecurity she felt, break generational patterns, and define and create the success she always wanted. Now, the owner of HBIC Development, Kekua, has made it her mission to coach and mentor other women ready to find their inner power and create outward confidence to live the life they, too, always dreamed of. The years that she spent rebuilding her life from the inside out helped Kekua not only rediscover the confidence that she had within but also take control of her own life and find the right path to help teach other women to do the same. “The accomplishment that I’m most proud of is that my children are proud of me,” Kekua says. They had front-row seats as their mother grew from defeated and confused into the best version of herself she could be and learned that they also could rise from anything that life throws at them. Listen in as Kekua and I discuss her heartbreak, losses, and how she took the time to rebuild a life leading her to FEARLESS HAPPYNESS!

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